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DIED. JEANNE CALMENT, 122, officially the world's oldest person; in Arles, France. Born before the invention of the phonograph, Calment was widowed in 1942 after a dessert of poisonous cherries killed her husband. The tragedy did not slow her down for long. She lived exuberantly, enjoying chocolates, cigarettes and one-liners ("I've never had but one wrinkle, and I'm sitting on it"). In 1996, as if to establish her claim to posterity, she recorded a rap CD, Maitresse du Temps (Time's Mistress...
PASSING THE TORCH The death of Jeanne Calment caused a stir among centenarians: Who would claim the title of world's oldest person? Calls inundated the offices of The Guinness Book of World Records, official arbiter of longevity. Herewith a few of the candidates in the vintage sweepstakes...
LONDON: Who died and made the Guinness Book of Records the great sage of age? Jeanne Calment, that's who. When the 122-year-old record holder died in France this month, the world's most famous record book held a stony silence on who the successor to the "world's oldest" title would be. Today they announced the winner: Marie-Louise Febronie Meilleur, a 116-year-old native of Quebec, whose birth certificate is stamped...
ARLES, France: Died: Jeanne Calment, 122 years old and officially the planet's oldest human being, at her retirement home in the southern French town of Arles. Born on February 21, 1875, she knew Vincent Van Gogh as a girl and was already in her 40's at the time of World War I. A genetic marvel who outlived her only child and grandchild, Calment was riding her bicycle around town well into her 11th decade. She became the subject of considerable media attention two years ago around the time of her 120's birthday, releasing a "rap" record...
...Jeanne Calment, 121, isn't just the world's oldest living human. She's the world's oldest rapper. The acquaintance of Van Gogh has cut a record, Maitresse du Temps, in which she talks about her life over rap, techno and dance music. Some of the proceeds from the CD will go toward buying a minibus for her nursing home. Next up for Calment is, of course, a video...