At 122, an age that had been certified by the Guinness World Records as well as public health researchers, she was the oldest documented person to ever have lived. Jeanne Calment died in 1997 in the southern French town in which she was born, and her death drew a flurry of attention. Sample headline: “Jeanne Calment cheater?” France Inter radio asked. Yvonne died at 36 of pleurisy, Thomas wrote. Shigechiyo Izumi, of Japan, was dubbed the world’s oldest man when he died in 1986 at what was believed to be 120 years old.

Source: thestar January 05, 2019 16:41 UTC