{"id":2926,"date":"2026-01-16T03:03:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T03:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/?p=2926"},"modified":"2026-01-16T03:03:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T03:03:15","slug":"worlds-oldest-woman-smoked-and-drank-wine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/?p=2926","title":{"rendered":"World\u2019s oldest woman smoked and drank wine"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Record-Breaking Life<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jeanne Calment, the longest-lived verified human,<\/p>\n

died in 1997 at 122 years and 164 days<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Born in 1875 in Arles, France, her age was confirmed through<\/p>\n

extensive records, and Guinness World Records still lists<\/p>\n

her as the only person proven to live past 119.<\/p>\n

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Witness to History<\/strong><\/p>\n

Her life spanned three centuries.<\/p>\n

She lived before electricity and cars were common,<\/p>\n

survived two World Wars, and witnessed events from<\/p>\n

the Eiffel Tower\u2019s construction to the rise of the internet.<\/p>\n

Aging Without Slowing Down<\/strong><\/p>\n

Calment rode a bicycle into her 90s, walked<\/p>\n

her town at 100, and stayed mentally sharp.<\/p>\n

Her habits surprised many: chocolate daily, wine,<\/p>\n

and smoking until 117. At 120, she joked,<\/p>\n

\u201cI see badly, I hear badly, I can\u2019t feel anything, but everything\u2019s fine.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Real Secret<\/strong><\/p>\n

Researchers believe her calm mindset mattered most.<\/p>\n

One noted, \u201cI think she was someone who\u2026 was immune to stress.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Calment agreed: \u201cIf you can\u2019t do anything about it, don\u2019t worry about it.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

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A Record-Breaking Life Jeanne Calment, the longest-lived verified human, died in 1997 at 122 years and 164 days. Born in 1875 in Arles, France, her age was confirmed through extensive records, and Guinness World Records still lists her as the only person proven to live past 119. Witness to History Her life spanned three centuries….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2927,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2926"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2926\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2928,"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2926\/revisions\/2928"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}