JeffreyTheSuperSnail

He has been lip-syncing his performances almost entirely since about 2002, but he was able to do it somewhat convincingly until the last couple of years or so. To his credit, he seems very lucid when he speaks and he's able to stand and walk around for the entirety of the 90-minute show. Definitely one to consider for 2025.

1. I don't think there's a chance. Calment's age is such an outlier that even that has gone under dispute recently. The only reason she was verified is because there was such an extensive background of records to back up her claimed age, which all of these claimants don't have. 2. See above. 3. It's very unpredictable to say at such an old age, but having a healthy lifestyle definitely makes the odds more likely. 4. Some scientists have actually placed an upper limit on human lifespan at around 125 or 130, though this is also a point of dispute, and we won't be able to truly tell until an apt amount of medical advances are made. 5. The Gerontology Research Group at https://grg.org/ should host or at least link to a few articles or publications relating to Gerontology. 6. Again, unpredictable, but if any of the currently living supercenteneranians are to pull it off, Tanaka has the best chance. When she took the spot of oldest living person, people noted how healthy she seemed for her age.

From a November 2019 article. Not terribly new. https://www.wsj.com/articles/ex-president-carter-in-recovery-after-surgery-11573573174

Robert Mugabe and Hosni Mubarak come to mind..

EDIT: Posted here without seeing recent replies. Pay no mind to this.

To put this in perspective, someone born on the day that this topic was created can now possess a driver's license and work a job part-time. Shouldn't have too long to wait indeed.

Probably the first person I knew of prior to contracting/passing away from coronavirus. Such an awful loss.

The second image is oldish. Carter uses a walker-wheelchair hybrid to get around now.

I think he has a great shot at becoming the oldest man ever. I also envy his hairline. EDIT: Here's a video interview of him taken recently:

There are now 50 people verified to have reached the age of 115 with Shigeyo Nakachi's birthday today. EDIT: Only 3 of which were male, if you were curious.

One of his first outings since brain surgery.

Turned 80, mugshot from last month released. It's actually the most normal he's looked in a long while.

He acknowledged his declining health earlier this year. Keep in mind he was diagnosed with dystonia in 2015, so he could only perform the voices for Big Bird and Oscar from then until he retired last year. https://facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=290742564928522

Still arrived to kick off the Habitat for Humanity event in Nashville this year, albeit with a cane and a black eye.

He will live to his 100th birthday. He's made an amazing recovery from his fall.