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Jeanne Louise Calment

225px Jeanne Calment 1996 Jeanne Louise CalmentJeanne Louise Calment, a French women by birth has been tagged as the longest living person in the known history of the world. Jeanne Louise Calment lived to the ripe old age of 122 years and 164 days. Phew.

Jeanne Louise Calment lived in France her whole life and not only was she the oldest person but she outlived her own daughter and her grandson. Take that.

When Jeanne Louise Calment was about 113, she became particularly famous because she was the last living person to see Vincent Van Gogh alive.

Jeanne Louise Calment entered the Guinness Book of World Record in 1988 as she surpassed the old oldest person until then who happened to be a Japanese women.

Give a choice would you like to live this long? A life where all your loved ones are gone and you have no friends remaining. What the hell these old people do after they cross 100? Play some board game all day?



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2 Responses to “Jeanne Louise Calment”

  1. I would prefer to die healthy :P and would not like to live that long by any means… And You must be crazy assuming they play board games :S
    I would like to think they just pass their time thinking of old good memories they had.

  2. Troy says:

    Just adding some humor there.

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