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World's oldest person dies at age 116

Discussion in 'Gerontology' started by Hylton Menz, Dec 12, 2006.

  1. Hylton Menz

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    From the BBC:

    World's oldest person dies at age 116

    An American woman officially recognised as the world's oldest person has died at the age of 116.

    Elizabeth "Lizzy" Bolden died at a nursing home in Memphis, Tennessee.

    Born in 1890, she married at 19 and was widowed in the 1950s. She suffered a stroke in 2004 and spoke little after that.

    "She was always very family-oriented. She gave good advice and the family listened. She was a hard worker, and a farmer for most of her life," said her grandson, James Bolden.

    Mrs Bolden had 40 grandchildren, 75 great-grandchildren, 150 great-great-grandchildren, 220 great-great-great grandchildren and 75 great-great-great-great grandchildren. :eek:

    She assumed the title of world's oldest person following the death of Esther de Capovilla of Ecuador in August - also at the age of 116.

    Her successor looks set to be Emiliano Mercado del Toro of Puerto Rico, who is 115, according to Robert Young, adviser to Guinness World Records.​
     
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    Judging by the number of offspring i'd say the secret of her longevity must be the amount of, ahem, exercise. I shall recommend it warmly to the wife. :rolleyes:

    Well it beats an oxygen tent or drinking your own wee.

    Wasn't there a woman in india who beat that based on smoking absurd quantities of ganga?

    :D
    Robert
     
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    Alcohol in moderation may extend life

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  5. Hylton Menz

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    Robert Isaacs wrote:

    You're right - the oldest woman in India, Fulla Nayak, died at age 125 in November this year. According to a report at the time (link), "Fulla was known for her love of smoking ganja and cigars and palm juice. She also loved steaming hot tea".

    France's oldest woman, Jeanne Calment, died in 1997 at age 122, and attributed her longevity to chocolate, port and cigarettes. She also retained a healthy sense of humour, stating at her 110th birthday that "I've only ever had one wrinkle, and I'm sitting on it".
     
  6. trevor

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    Our oldest patient was born in November 1897. He still attended our rooms until early last year when he moved in to a retirement home.
    :)

    Trevor.
     
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    Associated Press are reporting:
    World's oldest woman dies at 115 in Montreal
     
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    The BBC are reporting:
    World's oldest person dies at 114
     
  9. Hylton Menz

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    Man aged 107 forsakes sex for longevity

    Man aged 107 forsakes sex for longevity

    HONG KONG (Reuters) - A 107-year-old Hong Kong villager, who still enjoys an occasional smoke, has attributed his longevity in part to decades of sexual abstinence, a newspaper said on Sunday.

    "I don't know why I have lived this long," Chan Chi -- one of Hong Kong's oldest people -- was quoted as saying in the South China Morning Post during an annual feast for the city's elders.

    "Maybe it has to do with the fact that I have lived a sex-less life for many years -- since I was 30," said Chan, a widower whose youthful bride perished during the Japanese invasion in World War Two.

    Chan, from Hong Kong's less built-up New Territories hinterland, was pictured looking sprightly and eating heartily at the banquet.

    A former chef, he said a low-fat diet and regular dawn exercises had helped him fight off the ravages of old age.

    But the centenarian, who's had no difficulty living a monastic existence for nearly 80 years, admits the pleasures of tobacco have been harder to resist.

    "Now I want to quit," he was quoted as saying of his decades-long cigarette addiction. "Maybe the government should ban cigarette sales so I can give it up," he added.​
     
  10. Hi Hylton,
    Had a patient recently who is 84 and goes overseas annually with her 86 year old girlfriend. They had to put off their trip to Scandanavia in April as her friends mother was turning 109! She just went into a nursing home last year.
    Regards
    Nic Murphy
     
  11. ja99

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    Re: Man aged 107 forsakes sex for longevity



    A bit off thread, but reminds me of the old Irish Joke:

    Old Irishman goes to see his GP.

    He says "...Doc, if I give up drinking, smoking and chasing women will I live longer?"

    Doctor: "...No, it'll just seem that way !":D
     
  12. Scorpio622

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    Re: Man aged 107 forsakes sex for longevity

    Here's another:

    A couple both over 100, married for 80 years, go to a lawyer asking for a divorce.

    Perplexed, the lawyer asks why after 80 long years they are now deciding to divorce.

    They both answer in unison: "We were waiting for the kids to die."
     
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  14. Trent Baker

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    My grandfather in the UK sustained lung damage to mustard gas in the 1st world war, was a chain smoker until the day he died and he lived until he was 101 years old.

    With these genes and the suggestion of grog extending your life expectancy, I'm looking to out do old Fulla Nayak at 125.

    Trent
     
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  17. David Wedemeyer

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    These reports confuse me because they just had a segment on the local t.v. news where they proclaimed that a man in Southern California has just passed and was the world's oldest living person at 115?
     
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    I think I went to school with Lizzy!!!!!!
     
  19. Sammo

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    I read in the Metro a couple years back about Britains oldest man (he was about 108 but I am not entirely sure..)

    When asked what his secret to longevity was he replied:

    "Cigarettes, whisky and fast, fast women..."

    He is my hero.

    Sam
     
  20. sueg

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    I have a patient who will be 100 in December, lives on her own, does not have a proper bathroom but a bath under a removable work surface in the kitchen and goes to a keep fit class. She is amazing, puts me to shame.
     
  21. sueg

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    I would hate to reach a great age. Can you imagine how it must be; each year you are dressed up and wheeled out, the Mayor comes and others of note, may be the cameras and TV interviewers are there and you are asked that annoyingly stupid question AGAIN: "And what do you put your longevity down to?". I would have been thinking for ages what suitably daft answer I could come up with. :craig: :butcher:
     
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    I wonder how it must feel. My grandmother is already 89 and she is sick all the time and my parents are a hell lot worried. And I believe age is not just number it’s the count of your life...:cool:
     
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