Donald 182 Posted June 21, 2021 Kane Tanaka is less than four years away from Calment's age 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,696 Posted June 21, 2021 Updated version of the top ten gallery from another forum: Unvalidated (by Gerontology Research Group) ones who could be older than Fusa Tatsumi: Maria Araujo da Silva (1906?-c. 2021) Brazil Juana Santos Caballero (1906? 1910-2022) Mexico Justina Santana Xavier da Silva (1907?-c. 2022) Brazil Maria Branyas Morera (1907-2024) American-born Spanish, validation pending, now validated S. M. V. (1907-2021) Mexico. Name is not known. EDIT: Real name was Sofia Mendoza Valencia, died 21st of August 2021. Wang Zhangwen (1907?-) China 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
An Fear Beag 1,535 Posted June 21, 2021 22 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said: No mistake. Confirmed via the guy who tracks the oldest Brits. Site also confirms that Kingston is now the oldest. Call me unconvinced. It seems very odd that no major news outlet would report the death of Britain's oldest person for a full two weeks after her death. That normally gets across the board coverage within days, no? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,026 Posted June 21, 2021 3 minutes ago, An Fear Beag said: Call me unconvinced. It seems very odd that no major news outlet would report the death of Britain's oldest person for a full two weeks after her death. That normally gets across the board coverage within days, no? Gwen Payne only got a Telegraph death notice. I reported that. Nothing else as far as I know. She'd been dead a wee while, so I guess the papers passed on it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,576 Posted June 21, 2021 14 minutes ago, An Fear Beag said: Call me unconvinced. It seems very odd that no major news outlet would report the death of Britain's oldest person for a full two weeks after her death. That normally gets across the board coverage within days, no? No. If you look at the link to that site I posted, there's a page for a chronological list of the oldest Brit. In many instances, the respective title holders did not receive coverage from the national press. Usually only local papers (or even just forum acknowledgements) are absolutely guaranteed. The UK-wide press will only cover it if there's something else to it e.g. Bob Weighton received a lot of coverage before his death and was the oldest man in the world at the time, so he got national headlines when he died. It generally depends on their prominence and/or how long they held the title. We all remember the Florrie Baldwins and Henry Allinghams. I can't for the life of me remember the majority of them though. Largely total non-entities. That maybe sounds harsh but it's true. --- Also, why would the man who specifically researches this for the Gerontology Research Group, and who talks to the respective care homes first hand, list a death on his site which he hadn't had confirmed? 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,437 Posted June 22, 2021 Even some of the notable ones at the time become hard to remember. Who was that Japanese lady who did a de facto interview (or at least we got a faked Q and A) a few years ago? My memory only retains so many people these days. I can't even remember some of my own DDP hits - apparently in 2013 I had Jack Vance on my team. Who knew? Not me anymore! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
An Fear Beag 1,535 Posted June 22, 2021 11 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said: No. If you look at the link to that site I posted, there's a page for a chronological list of the oldest Brit. In many instances, the respective title holders did not receive coverage from the national press. Usually only local papers (or even just forum acknowledgements) are absolutely guaranteed. The UK-wide press will only cover it if there's something else to it e.g. Bob Weighton received a lot of coverage before his death and was the oldest man in the world at the time, so he got national headlines when he died. It generally depends on their prominence and/or how long they held the title. We all remember the Florrie Baldwins and Henry Allinghams. I can't for the life of me remember the majority of them though. Largely total non-entities. That maybe sounds harsh but it's true. --- Also, why would the man who specifically researches this for the Gerontology Research Group, and who talks to the respective care homes first hand, list a death on his site which he hadn't had confirmed? That's fair enough Ulitzer - thanks for the explanation. I'm not around here long enough to know how these things generally work - I assumed it would be fairly newsworthy, but apparently not. Prior to Bob Weighton ,the oldest person in Britain was Hilda Clulow who died on Christmas Eve 2019. It doesn't seem to have been mentioned, even in the local rags until late February 2020. Coming from a country where they have you in the ground and forgotten about before the Reaper has even had a chance to get home and take his boots off, that comes across as odd. Cultural differences eh? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Donald 182 Posted June 30, 2021 Emilio Flores Márquez confirmed as the world’s oldest man living at 112 https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2021/6/emilio-flores-marquez-confirmed-as-the-worlds-oldest-man-living-at-112-665641 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Donald 182 Posted June 30, 2021 On 21/06/2021 at 23:23, arghton said: Updated version of the top ten gallery from another forum: Unvalidated (by Gerontology Research Group) ones who could be older than Fusa Tatsumi: Maria Araujo da Silva (b. 1906?) Brazil Juana Santos Caballero (b. 1906?) Mexico Justina Santana Xavier da Silva (b. 1907?) Brazil Maria Branyas Morera (b. 1907?) American-born Spanish, validation pending S. M. V. (b. 1907?) Mexico. Name is not known. Wang Zhangwen (b. 1907?) China Maria Branyas was validated and she is now 9th oldest. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,923 Posted July 1, 2021 On 10/02/2021 at 19:50, arghton said: These are all born before 1907. 25 people born in 1907, 35 born in 1908 and around 93 born in 1909. 14 men born before 1910, the only GRG validated being Albano Andrade who I mentioned a while ago here as he also has a 109-year old brother. Albano Andrade dead at 111. He was the better looking brother. 2 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,696 Posted July 7, 2021 New article and picture of Emilio Flores Marquez, world's oldest man... https://www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/locales/notas/emilio-flores-marquez-el-hombre-vivo-mas-longevo-rompe-su-propio-record-cada-dia/ I'm starting to think he won't live to 113 (8th of August) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
odeon 97 Posted July 7, 2021 28 minutes ago, arghton said: New article and picture of Emilio Flores Marquez, world's oldest man... https://www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/locales/notas/emilio-flores-marquez-el-hombre-vivo-mas-longevo-rompe-su-propio-record-cada-dia/ I'm starting to think he won't live to 113 (8th of August) He looks breathtaking Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hanzem 708 Posted July 7, 2021 41 minutes ago, arghton said: New article and picture of Emilio Flores Marquez, world's oldest man... https://www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/locales/notas/emilio-flores-marquez-el-hombre-vivo-mas-longevo-rompe-su-propio-record-cada-dia/ I'm starting to think he won't live to 113 (8th of August) However Nabi Tajima was like this for years lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hanzem 708 Posted July 7, 2021 Generally men continue to lose ground fastly. There are only 6 men in the top 130 and if Antonia da Santa Cruz lives a month more there will not be any man in the top 20 https://gerontology.wikia.org/wiki/Oldest_Validated_supercentenarians_All-Time 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hanzem 708 Posted July 9, 2021 Kane Tanaka is one year older than Violet Brown. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted July 11, 2021 Tom Lumby, the oldest man in Ottawa, has died. He was 108. https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/egan-ottawas-oldest-man-dies 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted July 12, 2021 Lena Walker, the oldest New Zealand-born resident, has died. She was 109. Walker died July 5th. She'd celebrated her birthday on June 11th with 109 special guests. https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/125723887/life-of-fun-and-laughter-oldest-new-zealandborn-resident-dies-at-109 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Putin 423 Posted July 15, 2021 Gudrun Nymoen, the oldest living person in Norway, has died at the age of 110. She died July 8. https://www.tv2.no/a/13883371/. The page is written in norwegian 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Predictor 1,018 Posted July 15, 2021 On 21/06/2021 at 22:23, arghton said: Updated version of the top ten gallery from another forum: Unvalidated (by Gerontology Research Group) ones who could be older than Fusa Tatsumi: Maria Araujo da Silva (b. 1906?) Brazil Juana Santos Caballero (b. 1906?) Mexico Justina Santana Xavier da Silva (b. 1907?) Brazil Maria Branyas Morera (b. 1907?) American-born Spanish, validation pending S. M. V. (b. 1907?) Mexico. Name is not known. Wang Zhangwen (b. 1907?) China This layout is a great idea for an oldest people bingo game... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,641 Posted July 15, 2021 1 hour ago, Predictor said: This layout is a great idea for a oldest people bingo game... Bingo's too sedate - reality television would put the lot of them in a big wind tunnel while Bet365 bossed the ad breaks inviting people to punt on the last one intact and the order in which they'd all crumble! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,570 Posted July 16, 2021 7 hours ago, Predictor said: This layout is a great idea for a oldest people bingo game... If you win you shout Hearse 2 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Predictor 1,018 Posted July 18, 2021 On 16/07/2021 at 00:40, maryportfuncity said: Bingo's too sedate - reality television would put the lot of them in a big wind tunnel while Bet365 bossed the ad breaks inviting people to punt on the last one intact and the order in which they'd all crumble! I like the idea. Of course, you'd have to blur #8's face because of anonymity. Imagine the interview if she's the last one standing: Interviewer: "Congratulations Mrs...umm...whatever your name is. Right now, there are millions of viewers at home wondering how it feels to be the only remaining one." Anonymous: "Don't ask me any questions. Respect my privacy and leave me alone, you cunts!" 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,641 Posted July 18, 2021 3 minutes ago, Predictor said: I like the idea. Of course, you'd have to blur #8's face because of anonymity. Imagine the interview if she's the last one standing: Interviewer: "Congratulations Mrs...umm...whatever your name is. Right now, there are millions of viewers at home wondering how it feels to be the only remaining one." Anonymous: "Don't ask me any questions, respect my privacy and leave me alone, you cunts!" A 115 year old who calls people cunts - I'm liking that! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Banana 859 Posted July 21, 2021 On 15/05/2021 at 11:18, arghton said: As a few years ago there was a lot of discussion about the last subjects of Queen Victoria, another site had a list of the last subjects of Edward VII. They're all over 111 years old: ... 13. Dexter Kruger (January 13, 1910 - present) ... Australia's oldest man Dexter Kruger dead at 111 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-21/australia-s-oldest-man-dies-aged-111/100308610 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,696 Posted July 21, 2021 1 hour ago, Banana said: Australia's oldest man Dexter Kruger dead at 111 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-21/australia-s-oldest-man-dies-aged-111/100308610 Was apparently also the oldest person in Australia and Oceania and the oldest Australian man ever. I remember reading an article about Kruger in May, seemed very healthy at the time. Many sites mentioned that he died after a brief illness. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
