Italy's Emma Morano, the world's oldest person, dies at 117

[Jtbrig7390]

http://www.newsday.com/news/nation/i...117-1.13472222

ROME - Emma Morano, at 117 the world's oldest person who is also believed to have been the last surviving person born in the 1800s, died Saturday at her home in northern Italy, her physician said.

Dr. Carlo Bava told The Associated Press by phone that Morano's caretaker had called him to say she had stopped breathing in the afternoon while sitting in an armchair at her home in Verbania, a town on Italy's Lake Maggiore.

Bava said he had last seen his patient on Friday when "she thanked me and held my hand," as she did every time he called on her. While Morano had been increasingly spending more time sleeping and less time speaking in recent weeks, she had eaten her daily raw egg and biscuits that day, he said.

Bava also lives in Verbania and had been her physician for nearly a quarter of a century.

Morano, born on Nov. 29, 1899, had been living in a tidy, one-room apartment, where she was kept company by her caregiver and two elderly nieces.

"She didn't suffer. I'm happy she didn't suffer but passed away that way, tranquilly," Bava said.

He said she had been her usual chatterbox self until a few weeks ago.

"She was slowly fading away," Bava said.

Bava has previously told the AP that Morano lost a son to crib death when he was six months old and left her husband in the first-half of the last century after he beat her.

Morano "abandoned the husband in the Fascist era, when women were supposed to be very submissive," Bava said in a 2015 interview. "She was always very decisive."

Morano went on to support herself by working in a factory making jute bags, then at a hotel, working way beyond the usual retirement age.

She also defied health advice, Bava said Saturday. Some doctors had warned her against eating three eggs daily, which she did for years, but she ignored their advice.

Just imagine how a person would feel seeing the world change so much in such a time span.

R.I.P

[May90]

Honestly, I don't think she felt much different from us. People get used to the new circumstances, they adapt. Chances are, everything that happened before, say, 2012 was a pretty vague memory in her mind, and her thinking was that of a modern person.

RIP in peace!

[Sam the Wiser]

Eggs, are the way to a long life.

[callipygoustp]

Thanks Obama.

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Just imagine how a person would feel seeing the world change so much in such a time span.
R.I.P

In a word, amazing. I feel somewhat lucky to have seen the rapid change our world has gone through in just the past 20-25 years.

[Slant]

Thanks Obama.

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In a word, amazing. I feel somewhat lucky to have seen the rapid change our world has gone through in just the past 20-25 years.

While I agree with you on that notion, I think we should instead feel far more lucky that we've dodged two world wars. She's seen shit we'll hopefully never see. Think about that.

[sheggaro]

If I eat 9 eggs a day will I live forever?

[callipygoustp]

While I agree with you on that notion, I think we should instead feel far more lucky that we've dodged two world wars. She's seen shit we'll hopefully never see. Think about that.

Twist it however you want. With respect to the op, my post still stands. Feel free to continue drinking from that half empty glass you have in front of you.

[Independent voter]

She kicked out her abusive husband in 1938, it's part what she believes gave her a long life.

[Slant]

Twist it however you want. With respect to the op, my post still stands. Feel free to continue drinking from that half empty glass you have in front of you.

I wasn't actually disagreeing with you. But feel free to be argumentative about it. I'm still not disagreeing with you. :P

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"She also defied health advice, Bava said Saturday. Some doctors had warned her against eating three eggs daily, which she did for years, but she ignored their advice. "

Incredible that doctors really believed they knew better what was good for the health of that particular person who lived for... 117 years.

[GennGreymane]

Now to wait for the next oldest person as they are now the oldest person

[Ghostpanther]

She kicked out her abusive husband in 1938, it's part what she believes gave her a long life.

The article says she left him.

I can see the less stressful life helping her live longer.

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"She also defied health advice, Bava said Saturday. Some doctors had warned her against eating three eggs daily, which she did for years, but she ignored their advice. "

Incredible that doctors really believed they knew better what was good for the health of that particular person who lived for... 117 years.

At one time they thought eggs which are high in cholesterol, contributed to high cholesterol in the blood. They now know that is bullshit. Just another sign that science ( medical ) can be wrong at times.

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At one time they thought eggs which are high in cholesterol, contributed to high cholesterol in the blood. They now know that is bullshit. Just another sign that science ( medical ) can be wrong at times.

Yeah I remember some similar "scientific" articles about milk.

[Hashtronaut]

If I eat 9 eggs a day will I live forever?

Or just ignore your doctor's advice that's what I got out of it!

[Ghostpanther]

Yeah I remember some similar "scientific" articles about milk.

And eggs. I am a old fart and they use to be firm in the belief that eggs where bad for you. They thought at the time, the amount of cholesterol you consumed had the results of increased cholesterol levels in your blood and thus a blocking of the circulation. Now they know there is much more going on in blood cholesterol levels than just what we eat. Genetics and less active life styles are bigger factors. However some foods we consume can raise the HDL cholesterol levels of the blood and be beneficial. Such as wine, olive oil, walnuts, fish, etc. Exercise can also raise it.

[dextersmith]

She probably thought ....and we didn't even live like the Jetsons.

Think how porn and fetishes have changed since the 1800s.

[Stormspark]

Eggs, are the way to a long life.

Yep, any "doctor" that would warn against eating eggs is an idiot that I wouldn't listen to either. I eat 3 a day too (3 jumbo ones even) and have for years.

[Allybeboba]

Literally went from seeing horses & carts to the man on the moon and the probes on Mars and beyond.

[GennGreymane]

She probably thought ....and we didn't even live like the Jetsons.

Think how porn and fetishes have changed since the 1800s.

Dat ankle, dat shoulder, dat wrist all the way to eating ass

[Allybeboba]

Low stress, good work ethic, and probably clean home environment helped.