“The Oldest Person in the World,” which premiered at Sundance, delves into the lives of supercentenarians.

Madame Jeanne Calment is the longest living human in history. She was 122 years, 164 days old before she died in 1997. Many have wondered what Jeanne’s secret was, that allowed her to live such a long ...

Jeanne Calment, a French woman, achieved an incredible feat of living to age 122, thus earning the honor of being the world's oldest person on record. But before her passing, Calment met and discussed ...

Everyone loves a bargain, a bit of financial good fortune to the buyer’s advantage. When it’s exceptionally good, we call it the deal of a lifetime. Sixty years ago, a lawyer made an arrangement that ...

There is solid evidence that smoking is associated with an increased risk for benign and malignant diseases that shorten one's life span by several years. [4] Jeanne Calment smoked in moderate amounts ...

A record held by a Frenchwoman as the world's longest living person could be fraudulent and involve an identity swap, Russian researchers have claimed in a report that has sparked widespread ...

The Wright brothers’ first flight, World War II, the moon landing, and the fall of the Soviet Union — Jeanne Calment lived ...

The bad news for Jeanne Calment was that she took a terrible tumble during her regular bike ride and broke her leg. The good news was that she was 100 years old at the time and still took regular bike ...