Longevity News from Around the World
One Spoonful of Bee Pollen Each Day, and You, Too, Might Make It to 113
[Fred Hale is America's oldest man, born Dec. 1, 1890]
(By MICHELLE YORK, Dec. 2, 2003)
Oldest Person Ready To Turn 114
[Charlotte Benkner, North Lima, Ohio, was born Nov. 16, 1889 in Germany]
(By Associated Press, CBS News, Nov. 15, 2003)
Madame Chiang, 105, Chinese Leader's Widow, Dies
(By SETH FAISON, NY TIMES, Oct. 24, 2003)
Margaret Murie, 101, Who Helped Save Wilderness, Dies
(By STUART LAVIETES, NY TIMES, Oct. 23, 2003)
Living Longer and Larger: It's in the Size of Cholesterol-Carrying Molecules
[Centenarians have larger than average lipoproteins which add 20 years of life]
(By MARY DUENWALD, NY TIMES, Oct. 15, 2003)
World's oldest person stays awake for birthday
[Born in 1887, Kamato Hongo celebrates her 116th birthday]
(Associated Press, Ananova News, Sept. 17, 2003)
Japan celebrates having 20,000 100-year-olds
[Japan has the longest life expectancy in the world,
85.2 years for women and 78.2 for men.]
(Associated Press, Ananova News, Sept. 9, 2003)
Nation's Oldest Dies At 113
[Mary Dorothy Christian, San Pablo, CA was born June 12, 1889, Taunton, MA]
(By Associated Press, CBS News, Apr. 22, 2003)
Oldest American man, 113, dies in Florida
[John McMorran, of Lakeland, Michigan was born June 19, 1889]
(By Associated Press, CNN News, Feb. 25, 2003)
George E. Freestone, Oldest Known Scout, Is Dead at 104
[Born in Safford, Ariz., on July 28, 1898; joined Scouts in 1910]
(By DOUGLAS MARTIN, NY Times, Feb. 17, 2003)
World's oldest person has lie-in on 115th birthday
[Kamato, who was born on September 16, 1887,
sleeps for two days and stays up for two days]
(Associated Press, Ananova News, Sept. 16, 2002)
Brazilian claims to be oldest person alive
[Ana Martins da Silva claims she is 121]
(Associated Press, Ananova News, March 28, 2002)
World's Oldest Person Dies
[Maud Farris-Luse of Grand Rapids, Michigan, dies at 115]
(CBS News, March 19, 2002)
Oldest person in the world turned 122 on February 21, 1997
[Jeanne Louise Calment was born in Arles, France on Feb. 21, 1875.
She once met Vincent Van Gogh in her father's shop.
She died at 122 on Monday August 4, 1997]
(wowzone.com, update 8-4-1997)
France's Jeanne Calment, world's oldest woman, dead at 121
[She took up fencing at 85, rode a bicycle at 100, released a rap CD at 121]
(Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, Aug. 4, 1997)
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