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
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(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.