From: Perry E. Metzger (perry@piermont.com)
Date: Mon Jun 02 1997 - 08:06:22 MDT
There has been a bunch of misinformation on this in the last few days.
The oldest confirmed individual alive (now or ever) is Jeanne Calment,
a resident of Arles, France who is now 122 years old.
Madame Calment reputedly remembers being introduced to Vincent Van
Gough as a young girl. She was apparently not very impressed by him.
I will point out that Madame Calment has been what society would
consider "elderly" for most of her life -- an interesting notion from
my perspective.
Perry
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