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Jeanne Louise Calment of Arles, France was the world's longest living person. Jeanne was born on February 21, 1875 and died on August 4, 1997. Her height was 4'11" (1.50m). Jeanne died at the age of 122 in a nursing home in Arles. She lived 122 years and 164 days (44,724 days total). Jeanne's name appears in the Guinness Book of World Records. At age 121, she released her two CDs, one in French and another in English titled, Maitresse du Temps (Time's Mistress). During the end stage, she became blind, she could not hear properly and was confined to a wheelchair but was in high spirits and mentally alert. Interesting fact is that Jeanne smoked cigarettes until the age of 117.

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How could that be? Smoke until 117 years? She started smoking at what age??

This is interesting... I wont quit smoking then :)

wonderer at at 11:45PM, Oct 20th 2009.

just think how long she would have lived if shee hadent smoked

josh at at 07:52PM, Oct 30th 2009.

hey, I'm called Jeanne Marie Louise, do you think I could live as long!

Jeanne Marie Louise at at 02:42PM, Nov 1st 2009.

O my god is that real i wish i could live that live.Plz.

Michael.Kan at at 04:41AM, Nov 3rd 2009.

My grandfather smoked from age eleven to eighty three years old. He never once had a lung or breathing problem.

Joey at at 01:22AM, Nov 4th 2009.

Let's be reasonable here, for the first 50-70 years of her life, cigarettes weren't as bad as they are today. If you smoked today's cigarettes from the age of let's say, 15 , you'd barely make it to 80. Take the fact that she smoked for approx 80 years with a grain of salt people.

Jenn at at 12:53PM, Nov 12th 2009.

I heard that she could do 100 pushups until age 90 & ate 50 lbs a bacon a day. I wish that she knew my name.

Tammy Clamborrows at at 01:03PM, Nov 13th 2009.

This is a crazy story!!!how old would she be today?its very interesting how people live.Do you have to be super healthy?I doubt it she smoked most of her life.How did she die anyways because i want to go that way too then[:

JUST ANOTHER INTERESTING PERSON at at 03:57PM, Feb 8th 2010.

Yeah, thats a long life..

I wanna go like my grandfather... in his sleep. Not like the screaming passengers in his car!

Dan at at 08:55PM, Feb 9th 2010.

If she smoked for 117 years, and stoped living at 122 years.
Is it so that she started at 5years old. Gee! the French is OK,
letting there children smoke at that age.
Where I come from I would not live to six, if my parents found
me smoking

Steven de Beer at at 05:04AM, Apr 27th 2010.

she only smoked 2 cigarettes a day.

Anna at at 08:46PM, May 5th 2010.

She started smoking when she was 21. Quit when she was 117. That's 96 years! Except she would only smoke two cigarettes a day. She also drank port wine and ate about two pounds of chocolate every week.

Lacey at at 09:18PM, May 23rd 2010.

holy crap....both of my parents smoke.......i hope they live that long lol

lexi at at 01:52PM, Jun 7th 2010.

Odds are is that close to none of you guys with live to be that old. Sorry :) It is seriously interesting that she lived to be even that old with the fact of her smoking. I don't think that should influence the fact of smoking, though. Everyone's bodies work differently, and well her's happened to work on smoke. It might sound crazy, but think about it! People coming off of chemo or people in general who are sick, get prescribed drugs such as meth, marijuana, or even cocaine. So yea! I also want to acknowledge the fact of the marvelous things she must have seen with being that old. Things from good, bad, and change. It just amazes me to what can ever happen.

Emilie at at 12:06AM, Sep 15th 2010.

this is crazy.. i started smoking when i was really young and ive never had breathing or lung problems. hope i live to be this old.

woah.. at at 10:37AM, Sep 23rd 2010.

Since when do they prescribe meth for any type of medical condition????

WTF!!!!### at at 01:46PM, Sep 24th 2010.

The interesting fact wasnt that she lived until she was 122, the interesting fact was that she smoked until the age of 117 ????????????

Roy Mcewan at at 09:31PM, Nov 19th 2010.

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