31 August 2016

Independent: Emma Morano: Oldest person in the world credits long life to being single and eating raw eggs

The oldest living person in the world has attributed her longevity to her decision to remain single after the end of an unhappy marriage.

Emma Morano of Verbania, Italy, was recently announced as the oldest person in the world at 116 years and 169-days-old. [...]

Upon being told that she held the title of oldest person alive, Ms Morano told The Telegraph via her caretaker Rosi Santoni: "My word, I’m as old as the hills."

Ms Morano became the oldest living person after Susannah Mushatt Jones, a New York woman, had died on Thursday 12 May. Ms Jones said in 2015 that she ate bacon every day, but never drank alcohol or smoked, and that the key to long life and happiness was to "surround herself with love and positive energy".

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