Oldest Persons
Officially the oldest person ever
- Jeanne Calment of France lived to be 122, is the oldest person ever to have lived with a fully authenticated birth record. She died in 1997. In her youth she was a friend of Van Goghs. Jeanne was always healthy, riding a bike until she was 100. She smoked until she was 110, when she said, “it was becoming a habit.” Until two years before her death she had a glass of port and a piece of her favourite chocolate every day.
- Elizabeth Israel, known as Ma Pampo on the Caribbean island of Dominica, is said to be 127. This should make her the oldest person alive today, however, there is no documentation to confirm her age. Ma Pampo gave up smoking in her 90s and was still working at 104. She attributes her long life to eating organically grown crops.
- Sardinian Antonio Todde, died just before his 113th birthday in January 2002. On his 112th birthday, Todde spoke about the secret of a long life. “Just love your brother and drink a good glass of red wine every day,” he said. Before his death, Todde held the Guinness world record for Oldest Living Man. 112 year old Yukichi Chuganji from Japan, now holds this title.
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