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Adelina Domingues (February 19, 1888 – August 21, 2002) was a Cape Verdean American supercentenarian who was the world's oldest person from the death of 114-year-old British-American woman Grace Clawson on May 28, 2002, to her own death less than three months later. [44] Domingues was born in Cape Verde.
A supercentenarian (sometimes hyphenated as super-centenarian) is someone who has lived to or passed their 110th birthday. This age is achieved by about one in 1,000 centenarians . [ 1 ] Anderson et al. concluded that supercentenarians live a life typically free of major age-related diseases until shortly before maximum human lifespan is ...
A supercentenarian, sometimes hyphenated as super-centenarian, is a person who is 110 years or older. This age is achieved by about one in 1,000 centenarians . [ 1 ] Supercentenarians typically live a life free of significant age-related diseases until shortly before the maximum human lifespan is reached.
This is a list of the oldest living people who have been verified to be alive as of the dates of the cited supporting sources. It was estimated in 2015 that between 150 and 600 living people had reached the age of 110. [1]
First Lady of Greece; ex-wife of Prime Minister of Greece Andreas Papandreou, women's rights activist, writer, author and columnist [200] Mary Morello: F: October 1, 1923: 101 years, 104 days: American: Free speech activist [201] Surindra Nath Sharma: M: October 3, 1923: 101 years, 102 days: Indian: Army general and military engineer [202 ...
The Brooklyn community that she has called home for the past several decades gathered at the Vandalia Senior Center in Brooklyn to honor the super centenarian to celebrate her 115th birthday. Miss ...
Prior to the 19th century, there was insufficient evidence either to demonstrate or to refute centenarian longevity. [1] Even today, no fixed theoretical limit to human longevity is apparent. [ 2 ] Studies [ 1 ] in the biodemography of human longevity indicate a late-life mortality deceleration law : that death rates level off at advanced ages ...
Jeralean Talley (née Kurtz; May 23, 1899 – June 17, 2015) was an American supercentenarian who was, aged 116 years, 25 days, the world's verified oldest living person. . She was previously thought to be the oldest living American, from the death of Elsie Thompson on March 21, 2013, until Gertrude Weaver was verified to be older in July 2014