The oldest person to ever live, Jeanne Calment reached the age of 122 before dying in her hometown of Arles, France in 1997.

Woman Reported to be the Oldest Person in the World Dies at 124: 'Our Inspiration and Pride' In a tweet on Monday, Guinness confirmed Tanaka was the second oldest person on record. "She became the ...

Maria Branyas Morera died last August at the age of 117. A study carried out on the supercentenarian's body has revealed the ...

Kane Tanaka, of Fukuoka, Japan, has just been crowned the oldest person on the planet by Guinness World Records. At 116 years, 66 days old, the woman was confirmed as the record-holder by the ...

Her work has previously appeared in The Hollywood Reporter. Bob Weighton, the world's oldest living man, has died, his family confirmed. He was 112. Weighton's family announced in a statement that ...

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Cuero is being considered for the Guinness World Records as the oldest person alive. Her birth year, 1901, predates World War I, and if her age is confirmed, she would surpass the current record ...

Scientists have discovered a “blueprint” for long life by decoding the genome, gut health and lifestyle of the world’s oldest person who died last year at 117. Maria Branyas Morera ...

SCIENTISTS have discovered a “blueprint” for long life by decoding the DNA of the world’s oldest person who died last year at 117. Maria Branyas Morera, an American-Catalan woman ...

Brazil's 112-year-old João Marinho Neto has been confirmed by the Guinness Book of Records as the oldest man alive following the death on Nov. 25 of Briton John Alfred Tinniswood, who was also 112.

But Toussaint warned that it was always possible an even older person had not yet made themselves known. Jeanne Calment, who died in 1997 in Arles, southern France, at the age of 122 holds the record ...