{"id":187,"date":"2022-09-08T15:25:39","date_gmt":"2022-09-08T22:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gero.usc.edu\/cga\/superagers\/?page_id=187"},"modified":"2024-06-06T15:28:09","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T22:28:09","slug":"the-worlds-longest-lived","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gero.usc.edu\/cga\/superagers\/the-worlds-longest-lived\/","title":{"rendered":"The World’s Longest Lived"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” bg_color=”#ffffff” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” advanced_gradient_angle=”0″ overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=”” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” 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Jeanne Louise Calment, the world’s longest living person (who died at the age of 122) was born in Arles, France on February 21, 1875 and died on August 4, 1997 in a nursing home in Arles.<\/span><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]”I’ve waited 110 years to be famous, I count on taking advantage of it,” she quipped at her 120th birthday party.<\/p>\n

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On seeing Vincent Van Gogh at age 12 or 13<\/span><\/h3>\n

\u201cVan Gogh was very ugly. Ugly like a louse,\u201d she once remembered. \u201cWe called him le dingo.\u201d According to one anecdote, Van Gogh came into her family\u2019s drygoods store, on Rue Gambetta, wanting to buy canvas. Calment sometimes said that her father waited on him.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Source: New Yorker<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/item][item simple_slider_bg_image_position=”default” simple_slider_overlay_strength=”0.3″ simple_slider_bg_image_loading=”default” id=”1717697004678-9″ tab_id=”1717697004678-8″ title=”Item”][vc_column_text]\n

On how longevity ran in the family<\/h3>\n

Mrs. Calment’s mother lived until she was 86 and her father until he was 93. But Mr. Robine said her great strength was her unflappability.<\/p>\n

She once said, ‘If you can’t do anything about it, don’t worry about it.’<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Source: New York Times<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/item][item simple_slider_bg_image_position=”default” simple_slider_overlay_strength=”0.3″ simple_slider_bg_image_loading=”default” id=”1717697004693-7″ tab_id=”1717697004694-9″ title=”Item”][vc_column_text]\n

On releasing two CDs<\/h3>\n

At age 121, she released her two CDs, one in French and another in English titled, Maitresse du Temps (Time’s Mistress), which featured Calment’s reminiscing to a score of rap and other tunes. A VCR tape is also supposed to be available and at least five books about her have been released.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Knauss, who was born Sept. 24, 1880, and lived a quiet life as a homemaker and insurance office manager, found herself in the international spotlight after Guinness declared her the world’s oldest person in 1998 upon the death of Marie-Louise Febronie Meilleur, of Quebec, who was 117.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A history of longevity in the family<\/h3>\n

Her paternal grandmother lived to the age of 98, and her cousin Minnie Kresge (2 October 1893 \u2013 24 February 1999) lived to the age of 105. In addition, her daughter <\/span>Kathryn Sullivan<\/a> lived to the age of 101.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source: New York Times<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/item][item simple_slider_bg_image_position=”default” simple_slider_overlay_strength=”0.3″ simple_slider_bg_image_loading=”default” id=”1717697004886-9″ tab_id=”1717697004887-10″ title=”Item”][vc_column_text]\n

Facts about Sarah Knauss<\/h3>\n

Knauss lived through seven U.S. wars, the sinking of the Titanic and Charles Lindbergh\u2019s solo flight across the Atlantic. She was older than the Brooklyn Bridge and the Statue of Liberty, and was already 88 when Neil Armstrong walked on the moon in July 1969.<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition to her daughter, Knauss is survived by several grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source: LA Times<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/item][\/carousel][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][divider line_type=”Full Width Line” line_thickness=”1″ divider_color=”default” custom_height=”15″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_background” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” bg_color=”#ffffff” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”3%” constrain_group_1=”yes” bottom_padding=”3%” top_padding_tablet=”5%” constrain_group_3=”yes” bottom_padding_tablet=”5%” top_padding_phone=”10%” constrain_group_5=”yes” bottom_padding_phone=”10%” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” id=”kane-tanaka” advanced_gradient_angle=”0″ overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_custom_heading text=”Kane Tanaka” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%234b25b6″ google_fonts=”font_family:Source%20Serif%20Pro%3A400%2C600%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_row_inner column_margin=”50px” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” text_align=”left” row_position=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” pointer_events=”all”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”2\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]\n

A Japanese woman officially certified as the world’s oldest person has died aged 119.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kane Tanaka was born in 1903, the same year as George Orwell, at a time when Japan was emerging as a global power.<\/span><\/p>\n

She got married a century ago, and had four children. She spent her later years in a Japanese care home, where she enjoyed board games and chocolate.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Facts about Kane Tanaka<\/h3>\n

Born in 1903, Tanaka married a rice shop owner at the age of 19, and worked in the family store until she was 103.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tanaka has lived through a multitude of historical events, surviving two world wars and the <\/span>1918 Spanish flu<\/a>. Her life has spanned 49 Summer and Winter <\/span>Olympic Games<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Go-to Diet<\/h3>\n

In an interview with the Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) \u2014 in which several accompanying photos show her cradling a Coca-Cola \u2014 Tanaka told the organization that far from crediting healthy eating and exercise for her longevity, her favorite things were “fizzy drinks (especially Coca Cola), but also coffee and chocolate.”<\/span><\/p>\n

“I think the secret to long life is to do the things that you like,” she told the outlet. “Eating the things I like, doing the things I like, I’ve been able to enjoy each and every day. “<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Source: Tasting Table<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/item][\/carousel][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][divider line_type=”Full Width Line” line_thickness=”1″ divider_color=”default” custom_height=”15″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_background” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” bg_color=”#ffffff” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”3%” constrain_group_1=”yes” bottom_padding=”3%” top_padding_tablet=”5%” constrain_group_3=”yes” bottom_padding_tablet=”5%” top_padding_phone=”10%” constrain_group_5=”yes” bottom_padding_phone=”10%” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” id=”lucile-randon” advanced_gradient_angle=”0″ overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_custom_heading text=”Lucile Randon a.k.a. Sister Andre” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%234b25b6″ google_fonts=”font_family:Source%20Serif%20Pro%3A400%2C600%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_row_inner column_margin=”50px” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” text_align=”left” row_position=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” pointer_events=”all”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”2\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]Sister Andr\u00e9, a French nun and the world\u2019s oldest known person, who lived through two world wars and the 1918 influenza pandemic and survived Covid-19, died on Tuesday in France. She was 118.<\/p>\n

A spokesman for a nursing home in the southern city of Toulon, where Sister Andr\u00e9 was residing, confirmed the death in an interview with French news media.<\/p>\n

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Oldest COVID-19 survivor<\/h3>\n

She tested Covid positive on 16 January after the virus infected 81 residents out of 88 residing in her retirement home. Only 70 residents survived this attack and 11 people lost their lives.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lucile did experience slight complications during Covid and David Tavella said that she is indeed a brave lady and did not fear covid.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A long history of helping people<\/h3>\n

Before she became a nun, Randon worked as a teacher, a governess and a child care provider during World War II (Sept. 1, 1939, to Sept. 2, 1945), according to Guinness World Records.<\/span><\/p>\n

She also dedicated 28 years of service to <\/span>orphans<\/a> and elderly patients at a hospital in the Vichy, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region, the record reference source reports.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source: Fox News<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/item][\/carousel][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” advanced_gradient_angle=”0″ overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][divider line_type=”Full Width Line” line_thickness=”1″ divider_color=”default” custom_height=”15″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_background” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” bg_color=”#ffffff” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”3%” constrain_group_1=”yes” bottom_padding=”3%” top_padding_tablet=”5%” constrain_group_3=”yes” bottom_padding_tablet=”5%” top_padding_phone=”10%” constrain_group_5=”yes” bottom_padding_phone=”10%” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” id=”bessie-hendricks” advanced_gradient_angle=”0″ overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_custom_heading text=”Bessie Hendricks” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%234b25b6″ google_fonts=”font_family:Source%20Serif%20Pro%3A400%2C600%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_row_inner column_margin=”50px” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” text_align=”left” row_position=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” pointer_events=”all”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”2\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]Bessie Hendricks, a former teacher of a one-room schoolhouse, grew up on rural farmlands in Calhoun County, Iowa.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hendricks, believed to be the oldest living person in the United States at the time of her passing, died on Jan. 3, 2023 at her Shady Oaks Care Center residence in Lake City, Iowa. She lived to the age of 115.<\/span><\/p>\n

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SuperAgers Stories<\/h2>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” text_align=”left” row_position=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” pointer_events=”all”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”padding-1-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” enable_animation=”true” animation=”fade-in-from-bottom” animation_easing=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][nectar_video_lightbox link_style=”play_button_2″ nectar_play_button_color=”Default-Accent-Color” image_url=”433″ hover_effect=”defaut” box_shadow=”x_large_depth” border_radius=”none” play_button_size=”default” video_url=”https:\/\/youtu.be\/J8h2hAKpO7E”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1698972732713{padding-top: 20px !important;}”]\n

Thad Mosley 5:33<\/span><\/h3>\n

At 96 years old, sculptor Thaddeus Mosley has never been more in demand.\u00a0The Baltimore Museum of Art showcased five of his recent works as part of a traveling tour that also includes\u00a0a stop in Los Angeles<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Florence Brownfield 5:35<\/span><\/h3>\n

Meet Florence Brownfield. She says the key to a long, healthy life is simple \u2013 get your steps in, and make new friends!<\/p>\n

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Frances Ito 6:35<\/span><\/h3>\n

Meet 90-year-old SuperAger Frances Ito. From maintaining a balanced diet to staying active with the help of good friends, pursuing hobbies, and traveling, she proves that age is just a number.<\/p>\n

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