As of March 6, 2012, 71 people (65 women and six men) were listed, the youngest being 110-year-old Jeanne Rannou of France (born on Sept. 14, 1901). Each person on the GRG's list must produce documents proving their longevity, which are then verified by GRG claims investigators.
defamation (defÂ´ÉmÄÂ´shÉn), n the act of detracting from the reputation of another. The offense of injuring a person's reputation by false and malicious statements.
Defamation is a tort, however, and a person can sue someone if he or she suffers injury because of that person's defamatory statements. Defamation can be a tricky area of the law because there is a fine line between freedom of speech and the right of a person to protect his or her reputation.