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A New World's Oldest PersonMaria de Jesus of Portugal passed away Friday at 115, opening the door for Gertrude Baines. She's 114, the daughter of slaves and she even voted in November for Barack Obama.
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The Older You Get, The Healthier You've BeenDr. Thomas Perls is head of The New England Centenarian Study (NECS), the largest comprehensive study of centenarians in the world. The NECS believes that centenarians are a select group of people who have either markedly delayed or entirely escaped dis
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Life After the Loss of Her True LoveWhen Virginia Ferrigno's husband died, she wondered if her life was over, too. After all, they were married for close to 61 years. He was her everything. How do you go on? Virginia discovered the way.
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The World's Oldest Musician!The world's oldest musician is closing in on 101, still Growing Bolder and still performing live! Bill Tapia, who is known as the Duke of Uke, played with Bing, Louis and Fats and still has the wit and skill to delight audiences all across America. When we heard about this guy, we realized we had to get him on our radio show. But how is a centenarian going to come across over the...
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World's Oldest Man Dies, AgainFor the second time in just a few weeks, the title of The World's Oldest Man has been passed on. Henry Allingham, 113, died in is sleep Saturday morning after holding the title for less than one month.
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Over 100 and Simply Amazing!
Eric Shackle did it again. He's exposed another hidden gem. Another fantastic story on a person over the age of 100. We first learned of Eric through his wonderful articles on Olive Riley in Australia, who at age 108 was the World's Oldest Blogger. Or so he thought! Growing Bolder actually had the World's Oldest Blogger! She was 109 years old and also the oldest member of a social networking...
