A person who has managed to live for 100 or more years is referred to as a centenarian. Mrs. Jeanne Louise Calment was one of those very special people, and when she passed away on August 4, 1997 at the age of 122 years and 164 days, she became the person with the longest lifespan ever officially recorded. Age of this sort is so rare that many skeptics …
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