It's bittersweet that she fulfilled becoming the world's oldest living person a week earlier.
Almost as if she had completed one last milestone in her life.
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It's bittersweet that she fulfilled becoming the world's oldest living person a week earlier.
Almost as if she had completed one last milestone in her life.
I notice that most of those people on wiki are women, maybe we should take lessons from the ladies.
Less risky behavior, more socializing (to provide an outlet for stress), and frequent doctor visits are three things which men can certainly take from this. Though women do have a certain biological advantage as well: Estrogen. The hormone helps keep arteries strong and flexible, reducing a woman's risk of hearth disease until later in life.
Jeralean Talley died on Wednesday at 116y25d, she is succeeded by Susannah Mushatt Jones, who will reach 116y in about three weeks. Only 2 people left confirmed to have been born in the 19th century (i.e., before 1900).
It's correct that there are only 2 confirmed supercentenarians born in the 1800s. There are also three supercentenarians known to have been born in the year 1900, and a few more whose status hasn't been confirmed. Technically, they count as 19th century too.
Kiyoko Ishiguro of Japan, born March 4, 1901, may become the first oldest person born in the 20th century.
Kiyoko Ishiguro of Japan, born March 4, 1901, may become the first oldest person born in the 20th century.
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Kind of becomes meaningless after the 18ers pass. It was a connection to an historic past that made the statistics interesting. Now they were all born around my grandma's time.
He wasn't the oldest person in the world, but it's worth toasting William A. Del Monte, who just died at age 109. He was 3 months old during the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, and was the last remaining survivor of that event.
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Still not the oldest living person, but the oldest living male person, Yasutaro Koide has passed at 112.
Another almost:
Frank Levingston, the oldest known veteran of WWII, and perhaps the oldest man in the US, 110.
Frank Levingston, the oldest known veteran of WWII, and perhaps the oldest man in the US, 110.
And in a strange twist of fate, the world's youngest person has just been born.
Emma Morano is now the oldest person in the world and last living person born in the 1800s, following the passing of Susannah Mushatt Jones, who was a few months older than her.
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Ms. Morano is still with us. She had her 117th birthday last month. As of today she's 42,765 days old. That makes her the oldest Italian ever, the second-oldest European ever, and the 5th oldest person ever.
She was born when William McKinley was U.S. President and Umberto I was King of Italy. Also born that year: Ernest Hemingway, Alfred Hitchcock, and Pamela Lyndon Travers, who wrote Mary Poppins.
By my calculations, if Emma Morano lives long enough, she'll become the 4th oldest person in history on July 17, 2017 (42,964 days old), the 3rd oldest on August 5, 2017 (42,983 days old), the 2nd oldest on March 6, 2019 (43,561 days old), and the oldest on May 13, 2022 (44,725 days old).
The oldest man lived to be only 42,422 days, or just over 116 years.
Waiting in the wings is the world's second-oldest person, who has a very colorful name: Violet Brown. She is the last former subject of Queen Victoria of England. If she lives until April 20, 2020, then her son will become the first centenarian with a living parent.
Sadly, we have lost the last survivor from the 19th century.
World's oldest person, Emma Morano, dies at age of 117
Emma Morano was born on 29 November 1899 in the Piedmont region of Italy. She was officially the last person born in the 1800s still living.
She had attributed her longevity to her genetics and a diet of three eggs a day, two of them raw.
Ms Morano was the oldest of eight siblings, all of whom she has outlived. She died at her home in the northern city of Verbania.
Her life not only spanned three centuries but also survived an abusive marriage, the loss of her only son, two World Wars and more than 90 Italian governments.
'Good genes and eggs'
Ms Morano had admitted that her longevity was partly down to genetics: her mother reached 91 and several sisters reached their centenary.
But it was also down to a rather unusual diet of three eggs - two raw - each day for more than 90 years.
Image caption: Ms Morano looks at a picture depicting her when she was young
It was a regime she took up as a young woman, after the doctor diagnosed her with anaemia shortly after World War One.
She had cut down to just two eggs a day, and a few biscuits recently.
Her doctor of 27 years, Carlo Bava, had told AFP news agency that she rarely ate vegetables or fruit.
"When I met her, she ate three eggs per day, two raw in the morning and then an omelette at noon, and chicken at dinner."
'I didn't want to be dominated'
Ms Morano also credited her longevity to her decision, in 1938, to kick out her husband - a year after her baby boy died at just six months old.
The marriage had never been healthy, she said. She had been in love with a boy who was killed during World War One, and had no interest in marrying someone else.
Image caption: There were big celebrations for her 117th birthday last year
But, she told La Stampa newspaper in an interview when she was a spritely 112 that she was left with little choice.
"He told me: 'If you're lucky you marry me, or I'll kill you'. I was 26 years old. I got married."
Eventually, it became too much. Though they separated in 1938, they remained married until he died in 1978. Ms Morano, who worked until she was 75, chose never to marry again.
"I didn't want to be dominated by anyone," she told the New York Times.
She had only taken on a full-time carer a couple of years ago - but had not left her small two-room apartment for 20 years.
According to the US-based Gerontology Research Group (GRG), the world's oldest registered human is now Jamaican Violet Brown, who was born on March 10, 1900.
World's oldest person, Emma Morano, dies at age of 117
Emma Morano was born on 29 November 1899 in the Piedmont region of Italy. She was officially the last person born in the 1800s still living.
She had attributed her longevity to her genetics and a diet of three eggs a day, two of them raw.
Ms Morano was the oldest of eight siblings, all of whom she has outlived. She died at her home in the northern city of Verbania.
Her life not only spanned three centuries but also survived an abusive marriage, the loss of her only son, two World Wars and more than 90 Italian governments.
'Good genes and eggs'
Ms Morano had admitted that her longevity was partly down to genetics: her mother reached 91 and several sisters reached their centenary.
But it was also down to a rather unusual diet of three eggs - two raw - each day for more than 90 years.
Image caption: Ms Morano looks at a picture depicting her when she was young
It was a regime she took up as a young woman, after the doctor diagnosed her with anaemia shortly after World War One.
She had cut down to just two eggs a day, and a few biscuits recently.
Her doctor of 27 years, Carlo Bava, had told AFP news agency that she rarely ate vegetables or fruit.
"When I met her, she ate three eggs per day, two raw in the morning and then an omelette at noon, and chicken at dinner."
'I didn't want to be dominated'
Ms Morano also credited her longevity to her decision, in 1938, to kick out her husband - a year after her baby boy died at just six months old.
The marriage had never been healthy, she said. She had been in love with a boy who was killed during World War One, and had no interest in marrying someone else.
Image caption: There were big celebrations for her 117th birthday last year
But, she told La Stampa newspaper in an interview when she was a spritely 112 that she was left with little choice.
"He told me: 'If you're lucky you marry me, or I'll kill you'. I was 26 years old. I got married."
Eventually, it became too much. Though they separated in 1938, they remained married until he died in 1978. Ms Morano, who worked until she was 75, chose never to marry again.
"I didn't want to be dominated by anyone," she told the New York Times.
She had only taken on a full-time carer a couple of years ago - but had not left her small two-room apartment for 20 years.
According to the US-based Gerontology Research Group (GRG), the world's oldest registered human is now Jamaican Violet Brown, who was born on March 10, 1900.
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Farewell, Emma Morano. I had eggs for breakfast in her honor.
Since the 19th century was January 1, 1801 to December 31, 1900, Violet Brown still counts as being born in the 19th century.
I think it's more poignant that she was the last to have been born in 18xx.
We could go on, electricity in homes, air travel, the telephone, the gramophone, modern vaccines.....
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Nabi Tajima, born August 4 1900, was the last person known to have been born in the 19th Century.
The oldest person is now Chiyo Miyako, who turns 117 in less than a fortnight.
The oldest person is now Chiyo Miyako, who turns 117 in less than a fortnight.
I thought you’d made a mistake so I looked it up, but the 19th century was indeed between 1st jan 1801 to 31st dec 1900! I assumed it would be 1st jan 1800 to 31st dec 1899. It’s weird
Ok after further searching it’s because there was no year 0AD. So the 1st century actually started on the 1st jan 1AD and ended after 100 years on 31st dec 100AD. Pretty obvious when you think about it. D’oh