Emma Morano RIP : Aged 117 , the last human alive born in the 1800's
OBITUARY Emma Morano The final link to the 1800s who credited her longevity to a daily diet of positive thinking and eggs — one of them raw Morano at 116 with her picture at age 43. She lived in three centuries and saw eleven popes At 117, Emma Morano was not only the oldest person in the world but also the last person to have lived in the 1800s. Born in November 1899, when Queen Victoria was on the throne in Britain, her life spanned three centuries: from the era of steam to that of the internet. As she became famous in recent years — she was appointed the Italian equivalent of dame in 2011 — her tips on longevity were avidly sought. Only four people are known to have lived longer, all of them women, headed by Jeanne Calment, the Frenchwoman who died in 1997 aged 122. No man has lived beyond 116. Morano put her good health down to positive thinking and to her diet. “For breakfast I eat biscuits with milk or water,” she told reporters. “Then during the day I eat two eg...