What record did Jeanne Calment reach in 1995?
Jeanne Calment Jeanne Calment Jeanne Louise Calment (; 21 February 1875 – 4 August 1997) was a French woman from Arles widely reported to have been a supercentenarian and the oldest human whose age was well-documented, with a lifespan of 122 years and 164 days. According to various records, Calment outlived both her daughter and grandson. She became the oldest living person on 11 January 1988 at 112, one hundred years after encountering Vincent van Gogh, who visited her uncle's shop. She was declared the oldest person ever on 17 October 1995 at 120. Although Calment came from a long-living family, there
Jeanne Calment 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