World's Oldest

[maryportfuncity 10,645]

Mr Holden, who has two sons aged 70 and 60, puts his longevity down to porridge for breakfast and "remembering to keep breathing".

 

So he fathered the second kid when he was forty odd, statistically speaking a stress inducer, yer man's bucking the trend there. Looks remarkably chipper with that cake though. Passable head of hair on him for such an oldster.

[harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy 1,688]

I saw these old biddies on TV tonight - the lead singer didn't even have the decency to learn Pete the paedo's lyrics before launching into a frankly rubbish version of My G-g-generation. Honestly, old people - they demand our respect for just remaining alive, then perform as shoddily as this!!

[Dr Hackenslash 25]

Saw it too, must say I loved 100-year-old Buster - still works three days a week as a plumber and apparently is having trouble getting a passport as he has no birth certificate

 

[Guest Guest]

so people are dying just not the ones on the list.

 

Is this a record for noone on the list dying?

 

No.

 

1991 saw no hits. At least 2007 has one to date.

must be pretty close to it thoughh -lets face it it's not been the best year for deathlist has it

[Guest Guest]

so people are dying just not the ones on the list.

 

Is this a record for noone on the list dying?

 

No.

 

1991 saw no hits. At least 2007 has one to date.

must be pretty close to it thoughh -lets face it it's not been the best year for deathlist has it

This topic already has it's own thread, here, I wouldn't want to confuse you by suggesting the search function

[Canadian Paul 97]

World's fourth-oldest person, Helen Stetter has died.

[DevonDeathTrip 2,358]

Father Elias Wen, possibly the world's oldest clergyman, has died at the age of 110.

[Canadian Paul 97]

Australia's oldest man has died, aged 109, and so has Haiti's oldest claimant: Guillaume Sanon. And if you really want a stretch, the United States oldest licensed pilot has died at age 105.

[DevonDeathTrip 2,358]

Post deleted - I failed to read CP's mention ^ of the world's oldest pilot.

 

So instead let me add this lovely epitaph I found on the website of the United Flying Octogenarians:

 

"In each pilot's life there comes the time when they soar beyond the restraints of this planet Earth. They head West on a final flight to where the air is always smooth and the sun is always shining."

[Bald rick 9]

Post deleted - I failed to read CP's mention ^ of the world's oldest pilot.

 

So instead let me add this lovely epitaph I found on the website of the United Flying Octogenarians:

 

"In each pilot's life there comes the time when they soar beyond the restraints of this planet Earth. They head West on a final flight to where the air is always smooth and the sun is always shining."

You mean Cornwall?

[DevonDeathTrip 2,358]

A Syrian named Mohammad Issa al-Darwish has just died at the reported age of "nearly 122".

[Canadian Paul 97]

Rollie Stiles, world's oldest major league baseball player, turns 100

 

Sharp as a tack mind you.

 

Now dead as a doornail.

[Canadian Paul 97]

Oldest verified Canadian, Mary Ann Scoles, dies.

 

For those keeping track (perhaps for CPDP purposes) there are no more validated living supercentenarians in Canada. Two supercentenarians born in Canada are now living in the United States, one is awaiting validation and one cannot really be validated (I believe she was born in China).

[DevonDeathTrip 2,358]

Theresa Elizabeth White Weasel Walker Lamebull has died at the age of 111. I doubt there are many more Native American Indians who have reached a greater age.

[Guest guest]

Yone Minagawa, at 114, the oldest person at the time of her death, dies.

[Godot 149]

Yone Minagawa, at 114, the oldest person at the time of her death, dies.

 

But at the time of her death she was dead. That's how we would know the time. So she couldn't have been the oldest person then, only up to the time of her death.

[Phantom 2,533]

Yone Minagawa, at 114, the oldest person at the time of her death, dies.

 

But at the time of her death she was dead. That's how we would know the time. So she couldn't have been the oldest person then, only up to the time of her death.

 

she died, you don't get much older than that

That puts Henry Allingham as the 53rd oldest person in the world

[Lady Die 63]

That puts Henry Allingham as the 53rd oldest person in the world

Is there a list published somewhere?

[Cowboy Ronnie 78]

That puts Henry Allingham as the 53rd oldest person in the world

Is there a list published somewhere?

 

there's various lists on Wiki, here's the current top 10, male and female:

 

Oldest women currently living (top 10)

 

1 Edna Parker 114 years, 116 days F April 20, 1893 Oldest person in the world (since August 13, 2007). Lives in Indiana, USA

2 Maria de Jesus 113 years, 338 days F September 10, 1893 Lives in Portugal

3 Bertha Fry 113 years, 256 days F December 1, 1893 Lives in Indiana, USA

4 Shitsu Nakano 113 years, 225 days F January 1, 1894 Lives in Japan

5 Arbella Ewing 113 years, 154 days F March 13, 1894 Lives in Texas, USA

6 Marie-Simone Capony 113 years, 153 days F March 14, 1894 Lives in Provence, France

7 Gertrude Baines 113 years, 130 days F April 6, 1894 Lives in California, USA

8 Tsuneyo Toyonaga 113 years, 85 days F May 21, 1894 Lives in Japan

9 Clémentine Solignac 112 years, 341 days F September 7, 1894 Lives in France

10 Leila Backman Shull 112 years, 312 days F October 16, 1894 Lives in South Carolina, USA

 

 

Oldest men currently living (top 10)

 

1 Tomoji Tanabe 111 years, 330 days September 18, 1895 Oldest man in the world (since 24 January 2007). Lives in Miyazaki, Japan

2 Sukesaburo Nakanishi 111 years, 152 days March 15, 1896 Japan

3 Henry Allingham 111 years, 69 days June 6, 1896 England, UK. WWI Veteran

3 George Francis 111 years, 69 days June 6, 1896 California, USA

5 Walter Breuning 110 years, 327 days September 21, 1896 Montana, USA

6 Augusto Oliveira Moreira 110 years, 312 days October 6, 1896 Portugal

7 Walter H. Seward 110 years, 305 days October 13, 1896 New Jersey, USA

8 Nicholas Kao Se Tseien 110 years, 211 days January 15, 1897 Hong Kong, China

9 Aimé Avignon 110 years, 193 days February 2, 1897 France

10 Aarne Arvonen 110 years, 10 days August 4, 1897 Järvenpää, Finland. Finnish Civil War Veteran

 

Coincidentally, the 31 December update of this list will also serve as my DDP entry for 2008. Plus any Iraqis sentenced to die

[Windsor 2,233]

Coincidentally, the 31 December update of this list will also serve as my DDP entry for 2008. Plus any Iraqis sentenced to die

 

That seems to be the way ahead these days.

Alternatively you could list 20 of the oldest members of newest band to hit the pop scene - the Zimmers.

[Phantom 2,533]

That puts Henry Allingham as the 53rd oldest person in the world

Is there a list published somewhere?

 

This one

[Lady Die 63]

That puts Henry Allingham as the 53rd oldest person in the world

Is there a list published somewhere?

 

This one

Thanks I wonder what's the Japanese secret for long life.

[Phantom 2,533]

That puts Henry Allingham as the 53rd oldest person in the world

Is there a list published somewhere?

 

This one

Thanks I wonder what's the Japanese secret for long life.

 

Yone was quoted of saying her secret for long life was eating sensibly and writing poetry

[Tempus Fugit 214]

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[Canadian Paul 97]

That puts Henry Allingham as the 53rd oldest person in the world

Is there a list published somewhere?

 

This one

Thanks I wonder what's the Japanese secret for long life.

 

Only letting the GRG to review their records every September. The correspondents are only allow to check the Japanese records once per year due to their privacy laws, so I'm told that a lot of the Japanese cases are likely already deceased - and some already are, they just usually wait until September to do the big update.