The oldest person to ever live, Jeanne Calment reached the age of 122 before dying in her hometown of Arles, France in 1997.

Maria Branyas lived to be a whopping 117 years old and ticked many of the boxes for longevity, according to researchers.

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She was named as Ireland’s oldest person last August following the death of Galway woman Phyllis Furness. Born in 1915, Mrs Druce lived life to the full and even had a party with cake for her ...

SCIENTISTS have discovered a “blueprint” for long life by decoding the DNA of the world’s oldest person who died last ... that her mum had been able to live so long as she was never ill.

Ireland’s oldest person has died ... she only ever had one sip of poitín and that was for medicinal purposes when she had a bad cold. Mrs Druce lived through two world wars and also two ...

Named as Ireland’s oldest person last August following the death of Galway woman Phyllis Furness, Ms Druce celebrated her 109 th birthday on New Year’s Eve. Born and raised in Castlefinn, Ruby came to ...

A study of a woman who died in 2024 as the oldest person on Earth attempts to untangle the factors that enable some people to ward off disease in old age.

Not every eight-year-old gets to fulfill their dreams, do they? However, this little boy has managed to do it, becoming the youngest person to fly in zero gravity at the young age of 8 years and 33 ...

Although he may not be old enough to hold a driver’s license ... and who turns 16 in April – is now the youngest athlete to ever break the four-minute barrier in the event.

When Maria Branyas Morera died in August 2024 at the age of 117, she left behind more than just a legacy as the world’s oldest person ... managed to live so long and so well.