Jeanne Calment is a name we should all remember. The Frenchwoman set the record as the world's oldest verified person, ...

The record for the oldest verified person belongs to Jeanne Calment, who lived to be 122 years and 164 days old ...

Visitors and staff at Zoo Knoxville are mourning the passing of the oldest rhinoceros in the United States. Dolly was a ...

(Carlos Macedo/LongeviQuest, via AP) (Carlos Macedo) MIAMI – A soccer-loving nun from Brazil is believed to have become the world's oldest living person at nearly 117 following the recent death ...

Lin Shemu, the oldest woman in the world, has died aged 122 after passing away peacefully in her sleep at her home having ...

a great-grandmother from the state of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil is rushing to be recognized as the world's oldest living person by the Guinness World Records.

When an employee told her on Aug. 21 that she is set to be recognized as the world’s oldest living person, Itooka replied in a steady voice, “Thank you,” according to the nursing home.

The institution currently features another Brazilian, Inah Canabarro Lucas, a nun from the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul as the oldest living person at 116 years, but Deolira’s family and ...

Following Celsa dos Santos’ death, Antonia da Santa Cruz became the oldest living person in Brazil and also became the third-oldest living validated person in the world. Celsa dos Santos's age ...

There’s a new chance to hear a Harrogate 101-year-old woman’s amazing life-story at a special event next month.

Lin's death comes after Japan's Tomiko Itooka, who was recognised as the world's oldest living person by Guinness died on December 29 at a care home in Ashiya, central Japan. Tomiko died just ...

There is also Tomiko Itooka - from Japan - who was the world's oldest living person when she died at the age of 116 years and 220 days at the end of December last year.