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Death doesn't frighten me; now I can think peacefully of ending a long life.
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Birth: | 21st February, 1875 |
Death: | 4th August, 1997 |
Nationality: | French |
Profession: | Supercentenarian |
Jeanne Louise Calment was born in Arles, France. She was a French supercentenarian who has the longest confirmed human lifespan on record, living to the age of 122 years, 164 days. Her lifespan has been extensively verified by census documents, and researchers have investigated her health and lifestyle. In 1896, at the age of 21, she married her double second cousin, Fernand Nicolas Calment. They had a daughter named Yvonne Marie Nicolle Calment.
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