centenarians

Richard Overton, who turned 112 years old in May, is America’s oldest living war veteran: He survived World War II, bombs and gunfire, the aftermath of Pearl Harbor, but became the recent victim of identity theft. High-tech thieves cleaned out his bank account with a few key strokes on a computer. Overton’s family said they […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Susannah Mushatt Jones, the world’s oldest person, has died in New York at age 116. Robert Young, a senior consultant for the Gerontology Research Group, says Jones died at a senior home in Brooklyn Thursday night. He said she had been ill for the past 10 days. Jones was born in […]

The world’s oldest woman just celebrated her 116th birthday Saturday and we’re over here feeling pretty damn impressed. Jeralean Talley of Inkster, Michigan was born…