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Thomas Peter Thorvald Kristian Ferdinand Mortensen (August 16, 1882 – April 25, 1998), known as Christian Mortensen, was a Danish-American supercentenarian who resided in California. [1] When he died, his age of 115 years and 252 days was the longest verified male lifespan at the time, until Jiroemon Kimura surpassed him in 2012. [ 2 ]
This list comprises Danish supercentenarians (people from Denmark who have attained the age of at least 110 years), according to the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). The oldest Dane is Christian Mortensen, who emigrated to the United States in 1903, where he died on 25 April 1998, aged 115 years, 252 days.
2 Christian Mortensen [5] M 16 August 1882 25 April 1998 115 years, 252 days Denmark: United States 3 Augusta Holtz [5] F 3 August 1871 21 October 1986 115 years, 79 days Germany [a] United States 4 Goldie Steinberg [8] F 30 October 1900 16 August 2015 114 years, 290 days Moldova [b] United States 5 Grace Clawson [5] F 15 November 1887 28 May 2002
About 1,200 individuals in the study, or about 2.7 per cent of the participants, reached 100. Researchers compared this subset’s data with those of their peers who were younger than them.
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Chris Mortensen was a Christian, and lived in Bella Vista, Arkansas. [1] [16] On January 15, 2016, Mortensen announced via an ESPN statement that he had been diagnosed with stage IV throat cancer and would consequently be taking a leave of absence from his on-air work at the cable network. [18]
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2003 Andrzej Bartke created a mouse that lived 1,819 days (8 days short of 5 years), while the maximum lifespan for this species is 1,030–1,070 days. [2] By human standards, such longevity is equivalent to about 180 years. [64] 2004 First evidence that aging of nematodes is regulated by AMP-Kinase. [30] [65]