EUROPE -- At 104 years old, Peggy Alpine of Cyprus set out to reclaim her Guiness Book record of being the oldest person in the world to parasail, which she set five years ago and had lost in September 2011 to Mary Allen Hardison, 101, of Utah. Alpine regained the record April 29.
Watch this video of Alpine parasailing.
This 104-year-old is something else, besides all smiles.
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Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Maria de Jesus
Until earlier this month the woman verified by the Guinness World Record as the oldest person in the world passed away.
Just a day after the New Year, Jan. 2, Maria de Jesus died in Portugal, where she had lived on the land her entire life.
The supercentenarian was born Sept. 10, 1893, in Olival, Ourem, and had lived 115 years, 114 days before she died in Corujo, Tomar.
Maria de Jesus married Jose dos Santos in 1919; they had five children before he died in 1951. She left behind 11 grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren and six great-great grandchildren, according to www.wikipedia.org
Since Jan. 2, Gertrude Baines, at age 115, is now listed as the verified oldest living person in the world. She lives in a nursing home in Los Angeles, Calif.
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