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New Validation: Haruyo Matsunaga (1906-2017) of Japan
LongeviQuest is pleased to announce the age validation of Haruyo Matsunaga at 111 years old. She was a Japanese supercentenarian known as the oldest living person in Nagasaki Prefecture at the time...
New Validation: Yoshi Tanaka (1900-1911) of Japan
LongeviQuest is pleased to announce the age validation of Yoshi Tanaka at 111 years old. She was a Japanese supercentenarian known as the second-oldest living person in Yamaguchi Prefecture. Yoshi...
New Validation: Anonymous Lady (1909-2022) of Miyagi, Japan
LongeviQuest is pleased to announce the age validation of a 112-year-old anonymous supercentenarian from Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. She was born on 7 August 1909 in Japan and passed away on 22...
Maria da Conceição Brito, Portugal’s Oldest Living Person, Turns 111
LongeviQuest is delighted to share that Maria da Conceição Brito, the current oldest living person in Portugal, turns 111 years old. She is a Portuguese supercentenarian known as the oldest living...
Þórhildur Magnúsdóttir, Iceland’s Oldest Living Person, Turns 106
LongeviQuest is pleased to announce that Þórhildur Magnúsdóttir, Iceland’s oldest person turned 106 years old. She is an Icelandic centenarian born on 22 December 1917 in Miðhús in Biskupstung. She...
Supercentenarian Seasonality and Mortality
Introduction Previous research on centenarians has indicated the existence of a phenomenon known as the "mortality plateau" (Modig et al., 2017). Mortality appears to stabilize at around 50 percent...
Charlotte Kretschmann, Germany’s Longevity Record Holder, Validated at 114
LongeviQuest is delighted to announce that as of December 22, 2023, the age of Mrs. Charlotte Kretschmann, who currently holds the record as the oldest person ever to have lived in Germany, has been...
LongeviQuest Visits Fuyo Kishimoto on Her 112th Birthday
Kamigyo Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan—on 20 December 2023, our team had the honor of visiting Mrs. Fuyo Kishimoto on her 112th birthday. She was reported to be the third-oldest person in...