World's oldest person dies at age 116

Hylton Menz · Dec 12, 2006

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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.

Robertisaacs · Dec 12, 2006

oldest person

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

Admin2 · Dec 12, 2006

Robertisaacs said:

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.
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Show her this thread:
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NewsBot · Dec 12, 2006

Alcohol in moderation may extend life

Reuters are reporting:
Alcohol in moderation may extend life

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Moderate drinking may lengthen your life, while too much may shorten it, researchers from Italy report. Their conclusion is based on pooled data from 34 large studies involving more than one million people and 94,000 deaths.

According to the data, drinking a moderate amount of alcohol -- up to four drinks per day in men and two drinks per day in women -- reduces the risk of death from any cause by roughly 18 percent, the team reports in the Archives of Internal Medicine.

However, "things radically change" when consumption goes beyond these levels, study leader Dr. Augusto Di Castelnuovo, from Catholic University of Campobasso, said in a statement.

Men who have more than four drinks per day and women who have more than two drinks per day not only lose the protection that alcohol affords, but they increase their risk of death, the data indicate.

The reason why men are protected at up to four drinks per day, while women lose the protection after two glasses has to do with how men and women metabolize alcohol, researchers say. It's been shown that when men and women who drink the same amount of alcohol, women experience higher blood alcohol levels than men.

Therefore, women who consume more than two glasses of alcohol per day may be at increased risk for diseases of the liver and certain types of cancer.

"Our findings, while confirming the hazards of excess drinking, indicate potential windows of alcohol intake that may confer a net beneficial effect of moderate drinking, at least in terms of survival," the Italian team concludes.

"Heavy drinkers should be urged to cut their consumption, but people who already regularly consume low to moderate amounts of alcohol should be encouraged to continue," they add.

The manner in which alcohol is consumed also appears to be important, the researchers report. "Little amounts, preferably during meals, this appears to be the right way (to drink alcohol)," said Dr. Giovanni de Gaetano of Catholic University, another author on the study. "This is another feature of the Mediterranean diet, where alcohol, wine above all, is the ideal partner of a dinner or lunch, but that's all: the rest of the day must be absolutely alcohol-free."

"The message carried by scientific studies like ours is simple," Dr. de Gaetano continued. "Alcohol can be a respectful guest on our table, but it is good just when it goes with a healthy lifestyle, where moderation leads us toward a consumption inspired by quality not by quantity."
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Hylton Menz · Dec 13, 2006

Robert Isaacs wrote:

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

trevor · Jan 3, 2007

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.

NewsBot · Jan 20, 2007

Associated Press are reporting:
World's oldest woman dies at 115 in Montreal

MONTREAL -- Julie Winnifred Bertrand, the world's oldest woman at 115, died in her sleep in a Montreal nursing home, according to Canadian media reports Friday.

Bertrand, born Sept. 16, 1891, in the Quebec town of Coaticook, passed away in her sleep early Thursday at the nursing home where she has lived for the last 35 years, her nephew told The Gazette in Montreal.

"She just stopped breathing," said Andre Bertrand, 73. "That's a nice way to go."

Bertrand became the world's oldest woman last month, after the death of Elizabeth Bolden, a Tennessee woman born on Aug. 15, 1890, according to the Guinness Book of World Records.

The designation made her an instant celebrity. Bertrand's niece, Elaine Sauciere, said the fame her aunt acquired late in life was really quite "unbelievable."

"This little woman sold clothes at a department store in Coaticook," said Sauciere, 70.

A British film crew had just requested an interview with Bertrand for a documentary on people who live long lives. The work also features Emiliano Mercado del Toro of Puerto Rico, the world's oldest person, who was 26 days older than Bertrand.

Andre Bertrand said his aunt never had a problem saying no -- and did so to dozens of journalists, filmmakers and medical researchers intent on discovering her secret to long life.

"She was tough, feisty and self-sufficient," Bertrand said.

The eldest of six children, Bertrand never married.

She had her suitors, Sauciere said, adding it was difficult to say how close she may have been to Louis St. Laurent, a young lawyer who went on to become prime minister.

"She was friends with his sister and I think she was sweet on him, but how serious it was, I don't know," Sauciere told the Gazette.
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NewsBot · Jan 29, 2007

The BBC are reporting:
World's oldest person dies at 114

The world's oldest person, Emma Faust Tillman, has died in the US aged 114.
Mrs Tillman, the daughter of former slaves, died "peacefully" on Sunday night, said an official at a nursing home in Hartford, Connecticut.

Mrs Tillman had lived independently until she was 110 and had never smoked or drunk, her family and friends said.

She only became the world's oldest person last week, after the death of a 115-year-old man in Puerto Rico, the Guinness Book of World Records said.

"She was a wonderful woman," said Karen Chadderton, administrator of Riverside health and Rehabilitation Center in Hartford.

Mrs Tillman had been very religious and had always attributed her longevity to God's will, according to her family and friends.

She was born on 22 November 1892 on a plantation near Gibsonville in North Carolina.

In an interview with a local historical society in 1994, Mrs Tillman said her parents had been slaves.

Longevity appears to be common in Mrs Tillman's family - three of her sisters and a brother lived past 100.

Japan's Yone Minagawa, who was born in 1883, is now believed to be the world's oldest person.
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Nicole Murphy (Avard) · Sep 9, 2007

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

ja99 · Sep 9, 2007

Re: Man aged 107 forsakes sex for longevity

Hylton Menz said: ↑

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 -- "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,
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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

Scorpio622 · Sep 18, 2007

Re: Man aged 107 forsakes sex for longevity

Julian said: ↑

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

NewsBot · Feb 23, 2008

The ABC are reporting:
Oldest person in Japan dies at 113

The oldest person in Japan has died at age 113 of natural causes.

Tsuneyo Toyonaga died in a hospital in Kochi city in southern Japan, where she had been transferred a week ago after feeling sick.

According to media reports, Ms Toyonaga was cheery and had a sense of humour which was widely appreciated at the 'Home of Dreams' nursing home, where she moved when she was aged 101.

She is survived by five children and ten grandchildren.

Following Ms Toyonaga's death, Kaku Yamanaka from Aichi Prefecture has become Japan's oldest person, at 113 years and two months.

More than 28,000 Japanese are 100 years or older, up from a mere 1,000 at the start of the 1980s, in a trend attributed to a healthy traditional diet and a high standard of health care.

Edna Parker, 114, who lives in the US state of Indiana, became the world's oldest person after the death of Japan's Yone Minagawa in August 2007.
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Trent Baker · Mar 4, 2008

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

NewsBot · Apr 18, 2008

CTV are reporting:
Oldest known woman will turn 115 on Saturday

Maybe it was a lifetime of chores on the family farm that account for Edna Parker's long life. Or maybe just good genes explain why the world's oldest known person will turn 115 on Sunday, defying staggering odds.

Scientists who study longevity hope Parker and others who live to 110 or beyond -- they're called supercentenarians -- can help uncover the mystery of extreme longevity.

"We don't know why she's lived so long," said Don Parker, her 59-year-old grandson. "But she's never been a worrier and she's always been a thin person, so maybe that has something to do with it."

On Friday, Parker laughed and smiled as relatives and guests released 115 balloons into sunny skies outside her nursing home. Dressed in pearls, a blue and white polka dot dress and new white shoes, she clutched a red rose during the festivities.
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NewsBot · Jan 2, 2009

Associated Press are reporting:
Woman listed as world's oldest person dead at 115
Updated Fri. Jan. 2 2009

LISBON, Portugal -- A Portuguese woman who lived to see five of her great-great grandchildren born and was believed to have been the world's oldest person died Friday at the age of 115, officials said.

Maria de Jesus died in an ambulance near the central Portuguese town of Tomar, town council officials said.

She had been listed by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's oldest person. That title now falls to an American, 114-year-old Gertrude Baines, who lives in a Los Angeles nursing home.

Born Sept. 10, 1893, de Jesus was widowed at 57, outlived three of her six children, had 11 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.

On Friday, she ate breakfast normally, but then was taken to hospital because of a swelling, her daughter, Maria Madalena, told state news agency Lusa, without elaborating.

De Jesus was 115 years and 114 days old. ....
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David Wedemeyer · Jan 2, 2009

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?

drsarbes · Jan 4, 2009

I think I went to school with Lizzy!!!!!!

Sammo · Mar 16, 2009

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

sueg · Aug 21, 2011

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.

sueg · Aug 21, 2011

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:

NewsBot · Oct 1, 2011

Oldest Australian dies at 112

cfiweb · Oct 3, 2011

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:

NewsBot · Jun 12, 2013

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World's oldest person dies in Japan at 116

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