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Oldest Person in the World dies
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Floral Cigarette Wreath for 105-Year Old Smoker
LONDON (Reuters) - Nursing home staff paid tribute to a 105-year old British woman who had smoked since the age of 15 by cremating her with a packet of cigarettes and laying a large floral cigarette on her coffin.
Marie Ellis died of natural causes.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=7102447
LONDON (Reuters) - Nursing home staff paid tribute to a 105-year old British woman who had smoked since the age of 15 by cremating her with a packet of cigarettes and laying a large floral cigarette on her coffin.
Marie Ellis died of natural causes.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=7102447
The comment about Marie each morning reminded me of my patients at the VA, "I want a cigarette." She illustrates that there are people that can smoke with no affect on their health. I have seen the same phenomena with diabetes.
I thought that was quite a tribute to what appeared to be a very nice lady.
I thought that was quite a tribute to what appeared to be a very nice lady.
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Here you can find some interesting facts and figures about supercentenarians, but I think some of it is now out of date. I will be especially sorry when the last person born in the 19th century dies.
Ura Koyama, Japan's oldest person, died yesterday (Tuesday April 5) at age 114. She lived in Iizuka City in southern Japan (island of Kyushu). She was born August 30, 1890. Her grandson Takeshi is 60!
She was the second-oldest person in the world, after Hendrikje Van Andel of the Netherlands, who is still the oldest living person (born June 29, 1890). It is 12 weeks until she turns 115.
She was the second-oldest person in the world, after Hendrikje Van Andel of the Netherlands, who is still the oldest living person (born June 29, 1890). It is 12 weeks until she turns 115.
Here you can find some interesting facts and figures about supercentenarians, but I think some of it is now out of date. I will be especially sorry when the last person born in the 19th century dies.
wdlove said:
I could! June 18, 1983...only 95 years to go! If I do, wonder what I will have seen in that much time?
As the century changed, I was hoping to read a news story that twins were born just before and after midnight on December 31st/January 1st. That way they would be twins born in different years, different decades, different centuries, and different millennia!
clayjohanson said:What, are you a politician? ("... to have lied in three centuries.")
Oops I made a spelling error. It was supposed to "have be lived in three centuries."
I was actually referring to Doctor Q and anyone else of our generation.
You are good at research Doctor Q, hopefully you be able to find the answer to what would be a very interesting story. Actually just where to begin, if can help let me know?
Isn't the oldest person alive always going to die? This seems rather silly to keep track.
Now if it was the oldest person to have ever lived, that might be a little different.
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Now if it was the oldest person to have ever lived, that might be a little different.
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The oldest person to have ever lived will also change, as successively older people claim that title. So the only real victor is the one who is oldest to have ever lived when humans finish their reign. I'll be sure to post when that happens.Mr. Anderson said:
Doctor Q said:
But odds are the frequency of the oldest person to have ever lived dying is much less than just the oldest person right now dying. My point is that this becomes just a list of old people dying....
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Since there are many people who live past 100, that means that in any year there are people alive you will see 3 centuries. Assuming life expectancy increases from 114 to more like 120 over the next decades, anybody currently high school (maybe college) age or younger has a reasonable shot at the 3-century feat.wdlove said:
Doctor Q said:
When I was in Dominica they had a lady there who was the oldest person alive ever they believed. I think she lived to be 126, but I'm not sure.
They could never proove it though because her birth certificate was lost in a church that burned down.
I know there was some research into the ability to tell the age of a person I believe by the thickness of their cornea.
wish I remembered more.
Either, I still find it remarkable that people can live this long.
These forums may not exist in 5 let alone 95 years .. i'm soo excited about how the internet will evolve. Think of everything that's happened in the last 100 years.. from defying god with the right brothers (sp?) to computers the size of the mac mini oh.. and computers which play chess!
.. i'm soo excited about how the internet will evolve. Think of everything that's happened in the last 100 years.. from defying god with the right brothers (sp?) to computers the size of the mac mini oh.. and computers which play chess!
Perhaps during an autopsy then can count our equivalent of tree rings.bebo said:
We really only need to survive long enough so that our children are "viable" (able to reproduce), but perhaps nature holds onto us a little longer to make sure the kids get through college.
As as adjunct to this thread, maybe we need a "Youngest Person in the World Born" thread to announce and discuss each birth.
This month Percy and Florence Arrowsmith set the world's record (recognized by Guinness) for the longest marriage when they celebrated their 80th anniversary on June 1st.
Percy died a few days ago at age 105. Florence is "only" 100. They also held the record for oldest sum of a husband and wife's age.
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Percy died a few days ago at age 105. Florence is "only" 100. They also held the record for oldest sum of a husband and wife's age.
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i think theres a difference in reaching a massive age and getting a good quality life. just think, if you're 120 then you've had wrinkles for more than 50% of your life, and you cant run anymore or really do that much. thats quite depressing.
when hitting 120 is like being 60 (in effect doubling life) then ill be happy. personally id love to still be doing marathons into my 70's.
when hitting 120 is like being 60 (in effect doubling life) then ill be happy. personally id love to still be doing marathons into my 70's.
jayscheuerle said:Should one really count their sleeping hours as living?
A lives 120 years, sleeps 8 hours a day.
B lives 107 years, sleeps 6 hours a day.
Who really lives longer?
Then you've got the quality of life issues.
A spends 4 hours a day watching TV.
B spends those hours painting, dancing, screwing and playing.
Who want's a 120,000 mile warranty on a Yugo?
the quality of life does not make it shorter, perhaps the person who watched tv had better time in life, and sleeping is being alive, becuz if its not, its dead and the never wake up
