Did you hear that Marie de Jesus of Portugal just died? She was the world's oldest person at 115. Now, she obtained that title on November 28th when Edna Parker (115; from Indiana) died. I am thinking all the stress of the title might have led to Marie's premature death. The oldest person title has been passed back to the USA. Her name is Gertrude Baines (114; from LA). Good luck to her. I hope the publicity doesn't kill her.
However they are all youngsters compared to my favorite title holder, Jeanne Calment of France. She died at 122, living longer than anyone before or since. She believed the secret to her long life was lots of olive oil, wine and chocolate. Sounds about right to me. She didn't credit cigarettes, though she didn't give them up until she was 117.
Ok, off to eat a candy bar…
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