SoylentNews is people
SoylentNews
AFP via the ABC reports on the death of Susannah Mushatt Jones, who had been the oldest living person. A spokesperson for the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) said of Ms. Jones:
She liked bacon and eggs, she liked to sleep a lot, she didn't drink and smoke, she did marry but she didn't have any kids.
She was born on 6 July 1899 in the U.S. state of Alabama, and died in a nursing home in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. On her 106th birthday she had said:
I surround myself with love and positive energy. That's the key to long life and happiness.
takyon: The current oldest living person is the last living person born in the 19th century 1800s.
Further information:
GRG World Supercentenarian Rankings List
Biography of Jeanne Calment, oldest person ever
Related stories:
Epigenetic Clock Controls Aging
CEO Tests "Crazy" Genetic Therapy on Herself, Claims it Added 20 Years of Life
(Score: 2) by bitstream on Saturday May 14 2016, @05:04PM
Makes you wonder how many years of those 116 that were enjoyable. And how many were done purely because of lack of ability to end life or being scared of doing so. Though she seemed okay, albeit old of course.
(Score: 2) by cubancigar11 on Saturday May 14 2016, @11:25PM
Yeah, right? All the news I read is 'what is the secret of long life?' and apparently nobody has asked 'what did you learn in such long life?'
(Score: 2) by bitstream on Sunday May 15 2016, @01:12AM
To eat? ;-)
Don't worry too much. To live long one needs both some luck and paying attention to health. That excludes quite a lot of people.
(Score: 2) by cykros on Monday May 16 2016, @12:58PM
I read that she liked bacon and eggs. That sounds like an enjoyable enough life. Bacon alone would be enough, really...the eggs are just icing on the cake.