Madame Jeanne Calment is the longest living human in history. She was 122 years, 164 days old before she died in 1997. Many have wondered what Jeanne’s secret was, that allowed her to live such a long ...

Everyone loves a bargain, a bit of financial good fortune to the buyer’s advantage. When it’s exceptionally good, we call it the deal of a lifetime. Sixty years ago, a lawyer made an arrangement that ...

WASHINGTON - When she turned 120 years old in 1995, plucky Frenchwoman Jeanne Calment was asked what type of future she expected. "A very short one," she replied. But Calment lived two more years, ...

There is solid evidence that smoking is associated with an increased risk for benign and malignant diseases that shorten one's life span by several years. [4] Jeanne Calment smoked in moderate amounts ...

The Wright brothers’ first flight, World War II, the moon landing, and the fall of the Soviet Union — Jeanne Calment lived ...

The longest verified human lifespan in history is that of Jeanne Calment of France. Jeanne was born in 1875 and died in 1997. She lived 122 years plus 164 days, and a highlight of her life was meeting ...

TOULON, France (Reuters/CBS Newspath/WKRC) - Following the death of a 119-year old woman in Japan, a 118-year old French nun now holds the Guinness World Record as the oldest living person in the ...

The oldest verified person in the world is a woman who lived to the incredible age of of 122 years and 164 days before passing away on August 4, 1997. Jeanne Calment was born in Arles, France on ...

FUKUOKA, Japan -- Kane Tanaka, the world's oldest person, has died in Japan aged 119, according to a statement released by the country's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. Tanaka, who was born on ...