A British woman, Ethel Caterham, 115 years old, became the longest person in the worldafter the death of a Brazilian nun who held the record, specialized research groups announced Thursday.
Caterham was born in a town in Hampshire, in southern England the August 21, 1909lives in an elderly residence in Surrey, in the same area.
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Caterham, who has lived more than her husband and two daughters, is now the longest person in the world, according to the Gerontological Research Group (GRG), based in the United States, and the Longeviquest database, After the death of Inah Canabarro Lucas, 116, in Brazil.
This great -grandmother is the longest -time British person in history, according to the database Oldest in Britain.
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Caterham, who has three grandchildren and five great -grandchildren, He celebrated his 115th birthday in August 2024 Receiving a letter from King Carlos III, who congratulated her for a “truly notable milestone.”
“I never argue with anyone! I listen and do what I like”He said on his last anniversary, to explain the secret of his longevity.
Caterham traveled to India when he was 18 to work as a babysitter for a military family, making the three -week journey alone by boat.
Shortly after returning to the United Kingdom, he met his future husband, a military, Norman Caterham, at a dinner, and married in 1933.
Norman Caterham was destined in Hong Kong and Gibraltar before the couple returned to southern England.
Ethel’s husband would died in 1976 with more than 60 years of age.
Ethel Caterham, que stopped driving when I was about to turn 100 years oldhe survived an episode of Covid when he was 110, in 2020, according to The Telegraph. That same year, he told the BBC that in his life he had “taken everything calmly, the high and the bass.”
In another statement, to Salisbury Journalhe said that in life it is important “take all opportunities“That they present, in addition to” having a positive mental attitude and doing everything in moderation. “
Until now, the longevity record is carried by Jeanne Calment, a French woman who lived up to 122 years And he died in 1997. He only remains to wait if Ethel will break this precedent.
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