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.
Slander is a form of defamation that is actionable as a common law tort in which an individual makes an oral publication of a defamatory statement of and concerning the plaintiff that is heard by a third party resulting in damage to the reputation of the plaintiff.