"CD of Calment speaking over a background of rap, was released. On 17 October 1995, Calment reached 120 years and 238 days to become the ""oldest person ever"" according to Guinness, surpassing Shigechiyo Izumi of Japan, whose claim (120 years 237 days old at the time of his death on 21 February 1986, which was Calment's 111th birthday) was discounted in February 2011, more than thirteen years after Calment's death. Exceeding any other longevity case reported, Calment establishes the record as the most verifiable supercentenarian ever recorded. For example, beginning with the 1876 census (Calment is listed as a one-year-old),"
"tax. As Yvonne was born in 1898, this situation would have made the purported Jeanne 99 years old upon her death in 1997. This would explain the statistically unlikely difference of several years between Calment's documented age and the next dozens of oldest persons ever recorded. In particular, a picture of Yvonne, dressed in traditional costume in front of a church portal, was wrongly labeled ""Calment at age 22 in 1897"" for several years. Calment's remarkable health presaged her later record. On television she stated ""J'ai jamais été malade, jamais, jamais"" (I have never been ill, never ever). Asked about"
"1874, although this was discounted by subsequent census research. Upon White's death on 14 February 1991, Calment, then a week shy of 116, became recognized as the oldest living person, though there are unverified claims that older people were alive at the time (see Longevity claims and Longevity myths). At the age of 114, she appeared briefly in the 1990 film ""Vincent and Me"" as herself, becoming the oldest person ever to appear in a motion picture. A documentary film about her life, entitled ""Beyond 120 Years with Jeanne Calment"", was released in 1995. In 1996, ""Time's Mistress"", a four-track"
"is no particular explanation for her longevity. She had lived a comfortable and stress-free life, with a healthy appetite and a daily exercise routine, enabling her to walk without a stick until the age of 114. A November 2018 study advanced the hypothesis that Calment's daughter Yvonne usurped her identity in 1934, so that Jeanne actually died at age 59 and Yvonne, posing as Jeanne, was 99 years old upon her death in 1997. Calment was born in Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône, Southern France on 21 February 1875. Her father, Nicolas Calment (8 November 1837– 28 January 1931), was a shipbuilder, and"
"continued the payments until Calment's death. Calment's comment on this situation was reported to be, ""In life, one sometimes makes bad deals."" During all these years, Calment used to say to them that she ""competed with Methuselah"". In 1985, she moved into a nursing home, having lived on her own until age 110. On 20 June 1986 Jeanne Calment became the oldest living person in France at the age of 111 when Eugenie Roux died. Her international fame escalated in 1988, when the centenary of Vincent van Gogh's visit to Arles provided an occasion to meet reporters. She said at"
"public appearances, as her health had seriously deteriorated. Demographer Jean-Marie Robine, a co-author of a book about Calment, reportedly said that this ""allowed her to die, as the attention had kept her alive"", while the ""New York Times"" reported Robine to have stated that she had been in good health, though almost blind and deaf, as recently as a month before her death. Calment died of unspecified causes on 4 August 1997 around 10 am Central European Time. Jeanne Calment Jeanne Louise Calment (; 21 February 1875 – 4 August 1997) was a French woman from Arles widely reported to"
"all horizons and from all tendencies: heads of state, astronauts, artists, inventors, etc. 1994: Jeanne Calment, the oldest person in the world 1995: In prison. Docu-fiction on preventive incarceration 1996-1997: Tomorrow perhaps, science-fiction series 1997: Les terriers de la mémoire, documentary on memory. 1998: With Maurice Béjart. Reportage in Italy, Switzerland and Russia. 2000 : The Sign of the Eleventh Hour. Full-length feature film. With Nanou Duggan, Roland Carey, Jean-Pierre Althaus and Annie Chaplin 2001: Three architects of Europe. Interview about the Euro with Jacques Delors, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing and Helmut Schmidt. 2002: Rêveur (Dreamer), a series focusing on the"
"following a revision that excluded titles older than 18 months appearing on it. The following week, ""Ven Conmigo"" peaked at number 22, while her ""17 Super Éxitos"" (1993) compilation album spent its second week at number one. In 1995, catalog titles made up nearly 50% of the music consumed in the United States. ""Ven Conmigo"" and ""17 Super Éxitos"" contributed to the $5 billion revenue reported that year by the music industry. The RIAA certified the album platinum for shipments of 200,000 units in the United States; her fifth platinum record. In October 2017, the RIAA updated the certification to"
"she did not start fencing until age 85 (1960). Calment reportedly ascribed her longevity and relatively youthful appearance for her age to a diet rich in olive oil. She is also said to have credited her calmness, saying, ""That's why they call me Calment."" Bertrand Jeune, Jean-Marie Robine and colleagues compared Jeanne Calment with a list of nearly 20 people worldwide who had securely been verified to have attained at least 115 years of age. The researchers concluded that the lives of these people differed widely, and that there were but few common characteristics: the overwhelming majority were female (only"
"her mother, Marguerite Gilles (20 February 1838 – 18 September 1924), was from a family of millers. She had an older brother, François (25 April 1865 – 1 December 1962). Some of her close family members also lived an above-average lifespan, her older brother François lived to the age of 97, her father to 93, and her mother to 86. From the age of seven until her first holy communion, Jeanne Calment attended Madame Benet's church primary school in Arles, and then attended the local college, finishing at the age of 16 with the diploma ""brevet Classique"", after which she"
"men from 1973 to present, according to GRG research. Oldest people This is a list of tables of the oldest people in the world in ordinal ranks. To avoid including false or unconfirmed claims of extreme old age, names here are restricted to those people whose ages have been validated by an international body that specifically deals in longevity research, such as the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) or ""Guinness World Records"" (GWR), and others who have otherwise been . According to this criterion, the longest human lifespan is that of Jeanne Calment of France (1875–1997), who lived to the age"
"1995 Jean-Jacques wrote a new album, ""D'eux"" for Céline Dion. Carole, Yvonne Jones and Becky Bell were asked to provide background vocals for the album. ""D'eux"" became a breakthrough international hit for Céline Dion and was released in the United States under the name ""The French Album"". D'EUX / THE FRENCH ALBUM sold a record 9 million copies worldwide to become the best selling French-language album of all time. At this point, Carole began writing songs for her own solo project. 1996 Carole recorded ""Springfield"", the first of two solo albums, in July 1996. Named after her hometown in Western"
"was still in good shape, and continued to walk without a cane until she fractured her femur during a fall at age 114 (January 1990), which required surgery. After her operation, Calment required a wheelchair and abandoned her daily routine. At the age of 115 she attracted the attention of researchers Jean-Marie Robine and Dr. Michel Allard, who collaborated with Calment's attending doctor, Dr. Victor Lèbre to interview her, verify her age and identify factors promoting her longevity. They analysed her for over a year and reported that Jeanne Calment's vision was severely impaired by bilateral cataracts, yet she refused"
"who is aged , but under 130 years are included in the list. This table contains supercentenarian claims with either a known death date or no confirmation for more than 2 years that they were still alive. Only claims greater than that of Jeanne Calment who died at the age of 122 years, 164 days, but under 130 years are included. They are listed in order of age as of the date of death or date last reported alive. Longevity claims Longevity claims are unsubstantiated cases of asserted human longevity. Those asserting lifespans of 110 years or more are referred"
"the album, including Best Rock Album and Best Song for ""Je sais, je sais"". The album was again certified double platinum for sales of over 200,000 copies. She returned in 1995 with the album ""Bohémienne"". The album was certified platinum by October 1995, garnered awards from SOCAN for the singles ""Bohémienne"" and ""Trop d'amour"", and was a shortlisted Juno Award nominee for Best Francophone Album at the Juno Awards of 1996. She released the albums ""Bootleg Blues"" in 1988, ""Sans retour"" in 2001 and ""Turquoise"" in 2005. In 2009 and 2010, she released the albums ""Marjo et ses hommes, Vol."
"continued to live with her parents, awaiting marriage, painting, and improving her piano skills. On 8 April 1896, at the age of 21, she married her double second cousin, Fernand Nicolas Calment (1868–1942). Their paternal grandfathers were brothers, hence the same surname and their paternal grandmothers were also sisters. Fernand was a wealthy shop owner and she moved into the apartments above his shop ""Grands Magasins de Nouveautés"", where she lived until the age of 110. Thanks to his wealth, Jeanne never had to work; she led a leisured lifestyle within the upper society of Arles, pursuing hobbies such as"
"Vincent and Me Vincent and Me (French-language title: Vincent et moi) is a 1990 Canadian fantasy film. The movie was directed by Michael Rubbo and is the 11th in the ""Tales for All (Contes Pour Tous)"" series of children's movies created by Les Productions la Fête. At the age of 114, Jeanne Calment appeared briefly in the film as herself, making her the oldest person to ever appear in a motion picture. Calment claimed to have met Vincent van Gogh ca. 1888 when she was 12 or 13. Jo loves to draw, and she is good enough at it to"
"even more successful career during the upcoming years. Her new album ""Light Years"" hit No. 2 as well as her follow-up single ""On a Night Like This"". Canadian country star Shania Twain hits No. 5 with a final release from her multi-platinum ""Come On Over"" in the early part of the year and due to its massive success her 1995 album, ""The Woman in Me"" was re-issued in the UK and hit #9. Dance acts received massive success throughout the year, and represented 37% of the total singles sales of the year, making it the most popular genre of the"
"record sales in France before Vanessa Paradis, Whitney Houston, Nicoletta, The Black Eyed Peas and Kylie Minogue. She recorded ""Ne Raccroche Pas, Je T'aime"" which was a cover of ""I'll Go Where Your Music Takes Me"", originally recorded by Jimmy James and the Vagabonds. In the 1980s, she also began a career as a television presenter, especially programs for young audience such as ""Vitamine"" and ""Hugo Délire"", game show broadcast on France 3 in the 1990s. In 1995, she played the role of Karen Garnier in the television series ""Les Nouvelles Filles d'à côté"" in a hundred episodes. In 2010,"
"the time that she had met Van Gogh 100 years before, in 1888, as a thirteen-year-old girl in her uncle's shop, where he bought some canvas, later describing him as ""ugly"" (""laid""), ""blighted by alcohol"" (""brûlé par l'alcool""), and visiting brothels (""il fréquentait des maisons de tolérance""). After her 1988 interview, at age 112, Calment was given the Guinness World Records title for the world's ‘Oldest person (living)’ upon the death of Florence Knapp on 11 January 1988. In 1989, however, the title was withdrawn and given to Carrie C. White of Florida, who claimed to have been born in"
"her best-selling single, ""Désenchantée"", which topped the French Singles Chart for nine weeks and also charted in several other countries. The album spawned three more top ten hits: ""Regrets"", ""Je t'aime mélancolie"", and ""Beyond My Control"". With twenty weeks atop of the French chart, Diamond certification and 1.8 million copies sold, ""L'autre..."" became Farmer's most successful album to date. Her next studio album, ""Anamorphosée"", was released in October 1995, led by the number-one single, ""XXL"". It topped the French Albums Chart for two weeks in January 1997 and was certified Diamond in 2009, selling 1.3 million copies. To promote the"
"the autumn of 1993, Montcalm returned to Quebec and entered the recording studios to produce her début studio album. She released ""Risque"" in 1994, an album which featured performances from fourteen different musicians and earned her five Félix Award nominations in 1995, including Female Singer of the Year, and Best Pop/Rock Album. The album proved popular and was followed by a major tour consisting of over 100 concerts in Canada, France, Belgium and Switzerland. Three years after the release of her first album, she released the record ""Parle Pas Si Fort"" in 1997 on Universal Records. The album was again"
"These albums, released only in Canada, are often not mentioned in the media, which tend to consider ""Jagged Little Pill"" (1995), released on Maverick Records, as her debut album. ""Jagged"" remains one of the most successful albums in music history, holding the record as the best-selling debut album worldwide, the second best-selling album by a female artist (behind Shania Twain's ""Come On Over"") and having sold more than 33 million copies worldwide. Such hits as ""You Oughta Know"", ""Hand in My Pocket"", ""Ironic"", and ""Head over Feet"" helped Morissette become the first Canadian woman to top the ""Billboard"" 200. ""Jagged"""
"Jean-Marie Robine Jean-Marie Robine (born c. 1960) is a French demographer, gerontologist, author and journalist, who is best known as being the co-validator of the longevity of Jeanne Calment, the oldest verified supercentenarian of all time, with whom he collaborated. Robine has been instrumental in organizing international efforts to study supercentenarians, through workshops held at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research and by founding the International Database on Longevity. Robine currently has the largest European supercentenarian dataset, and also collaborates with Japanese demographer Yasuhiko Saito. Population and Development Review, Vol. 29, Supplement: Life Span: Evolutionary, Ecological, and Demographic Perspectives"
"at number one-hundred-and-ninety-eight, with sales of 4,600 copies. As of March 2015, the album had sold one million copies in the United States, and has been certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). In Canada, ""Blackout"" debuted atop the Canadian Albums Chart with sales of 29,000 units, becoming her first number-one album there since ""Britney"" (2001). It was certified platinum by the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) for shipments of 100,000 copies. In Australia and New Zealand, ""Blackout"" debuted at numbers three and eight on the official charts, respectively. It was certified platinum by the Australian Recording"
"(2003), pp. 208–228 Jean-Marie Robine Jean-Marie Robine (born c. 1960) is a French demographer, gerontologist, author and journalist, who is best known as being the co-validator of the longevity of Jeanne Calment, the oldest verified supercentenarian of all time, with whom he collaborated. Robine has been instrumental in organizing international efforts to study supercentenarians, through workshops held at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research and by founding the International Database on Longevity. Robine currently has the largest European supercentenarian dataset, and also collaborates with Japanese demographer Yasuhiko Saito. Population and Development Review, Vol. 29, Supplement: Life Span: Evolutionary, Ecological,"
"university, garnered up to 6,500,000 viewers every night. The show has been adapted for foreign countries like the USA, Norway, Spain, Denmark, Greece, Sweden and Russia. made her musical debut with ""Pour l'amour d'un garçon"" and ""Peut être qu'en septembre"". Her career peaked in 1993, when she published her most popular album, ""Je m'appelle Hélène"", which sold 900,000 and went triple platinum. In February 1993, Rollès was nominated for a Victoires de la Musique. The same year the book ""Je m'appelle Hélène"" was published by editions Montjoie. The director Morgan Delaunay has published a documentary on the net titled ""Hélène"
"three weeks in the top 200. In Belgium (Wallonia), the single ranked on the Ultratop 50 chart for 14 weeks, from 7 October 1995 to 6 January 1996. It went straight into the top ten and reached a peak of number three for two non consecutive weeks. It totaled seven weeks in the top ten and was the 36th best-selling single of 1995. ""XXL"" stayed on Swiss Singles Chart for ten weeks, from 15 October to 17 December 1995, including a peaked at number 11 on 5 November, then dropped. This peak position remains for Farmer her highest placement in"
"claims greater than that of the oldest person ever whose age has been verified, namely Jeanne Calment who died at the age of 122 years, 164 days. The upper limit for both lists is 130 years. Prior to the 19th century, there was insufficient evidence either to demonstrate or to refute centenarian longevity. Even today, no fixed theoretical limit to human longevity is apparent. Studies in the biodemography of human longevity indicate a ""late-life mortality deceleration law"": that death rates level off at advanced ages to a late-life mortality plateau. This implies that there is no fixed upper limit to"
"her 46th birthday. The previous record was age 44 for Tina Turner, with 1984's number-one smash, ""What's Love Got To Do With It"". Turner (who is one month younger than Slick) turned 45 two months after the song topped the charts. Slick broke her own record in April 1987 at age 47 when ""Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"" topped the US charts. Her record stood for 12 years, but was ultimately broken by Cher, who was 53 in 1999 when ""Believe"" hit number one. Slick did vocals for a piece known as ""Jazz Numbers"", a series of animated shorts about"
"Norway. In 1902, Margaret Ann Neve, born in 1792, became the first verified female supercentenarian. Jeanne Calment of France, who died in 1997 aged 122 years, 164 days, had the longest human lifespan documented. The oldest man ever verified is Jiroemon Kimura of Japan, who died in 2013 aged 116 years and 54 days. Over 1,500 supercentenarians have been documented in history. It is likely that more have lived, but the majority of claims to have lived to this age do not have sufficient documentary support to be validated. This is slowly changing as those born after birth registration was"
"attitude or social support from neighbors and friends, is key to aging successfully. Jeanne Louise Calment exemplifies successful aging as the longest living person, dying at the age of 122 years. Her long life can be attributed to her genetics (both parents lived into their 80s) and her active lifestyle and optimistic attitude. She enjoyed many hobbies and physical activities and believed that laughter contributed to her longevity. She poured olive oil on all of her food and skin, which she believed also contributed to her long life and youthful appearance. Changes in adulthood have been described by a number"
"song with blasting electric guitars, and a video directed by Marcus Nispel featuring Farmer strapped to the front of a moving train. The single became her first to debut at No. 1. ""Anamorphosée"" debuted at No. 2 in the album charts and sold half a million copies in three months. The album continued to sell well with the release of ""L'Instant X"", ""California"" (a jazzy-pop ballad bolstered with bass guitar featuring a highly acclaimed video directed by Abel Ferrara), ""Comme j'ai mal"" and ""Rêver"", which helped the album reach No. 1 in January 1997 – 16 months after its release"