Madame Jeanne Calment is the longest living human in history. She was 122 years, 164 days old before she died in 1997. Many have wondered what Jeanne’s secret was, that allowed her to live such a long ...

WASHINGTON - When she turned 120 years old in 1995, plucky Frenchwoman Jeanne Calment was asked what type of future she expected. "A very short one," she replied. But Calment lived two more years, ...

Jeanne Calment, a French woman, achieved an incredible feat of living to age 122, thus earning the honor of being the world's oldest person on record. But before her passing, Calment met and discussed ...

The world's presumed oldest person, Kane Tanaka of Japan, died in April in her native country at the age of 119. Despite her spectacular longevity, she could not surpass the record set by France's ...

A record held by a Frenchwoman as the world's longest living person could be fraudulent and involve an identity swap, Russian researchers have claimed in a report that has sparked widespread ...

Everyone loves a bargain, a bit of financial good fortune to the buyer’s advantage. When it’s exceptionally good, we call it the deal of a lifetime. Sixty years ago, a lawyer made an arrangement that ...

The Wright brothers’ first flight, World War II, the moon landing, and the fall of the Soviet Union — Jeanne Calment lived ...

TOULON, France (Reuters/CBS Newspath/WKRC) - Following the death of a 119-year old woman in Japan, a 118-year old French nun now holds the Guinness World Record as the oldest living person in the ...

There is solid evidence that smoking is associated with an increased risk for benign and malignant diseases that shorten one's life span by several years. [4] Jeanne Calment smoked in moderate amounts ...