World's oldest person dies aged 115
Dutch woman swore by a daily helping of herring for a healthy life



Updated: 6:51 a.m. ET Aug. 30, 2005


AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - A Dutchwoman, the world’s oldest person on record who swore by a daily helping of herring for a healthy life, died on Tuesday aged 115, the ANP news agency reported.

Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper, a former needlework teacher born on June 29, 1890, died in her sleep at a nursing home in the northern Dutch town of Hoogeveen.

“Mrs. Van Andel-Schipper passed away peacefully,” ANP quoted the director of the nursing home as saying. “She told me that she thought it was great to have been the world’s oldest person and that she looked back on a very fine life.”

Also known as Hennie, the passionate soccer fan married a tax inspector in the 1930s and was forced to sell her jewelry to buy food during the German occupation in World War II.

The Guinness World Records book had confirmed she was the world’s oldest known person.

The world’s oldest living man on record, Emiliano Mercado Del Toro, lives in Puerto Rico. He was born on Aug. 21, 1891.

The record for the longest life is held by French woman Jeanne-Louise Calment who died aged 122 in 1997, according to Guinness World Records.

Copyright 2005 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters.

She saw life in three centuries!

I'm off to get some herring.

MSRIP

That pretty young.
I'm 1526 years old, and I still have a few more to go.

Who would wanna live that long anyway. 115 yrs old that's too much. U wouldn't B able to do anything.

Rinluv said:

Basically, at that age, all you can do is reflect about the good old days. Because, you sure as hell won't be able to get around like you use to that's for sure. In addition, you have to live in a resident care facility and that sucks. However, if you have grandchild and you aren't senile, it's great to see them grow up. Logevity runs on both sides of my family. Both of my grandparents of both sides lived to be in their late 80's and 90's.
[Edited 9/5/05 2:46am]

Illustrator said:

Damn.

Hendrikje

chico4U said:

The Frog's booty call is dead...when did that happen?

Illustrator said:

PREDOMINANT said:

exactly! can you imagine all the things she went through and had seen?

Natisse said:

can you imagine all the men she went through

She's hardly the world's oldest person if she's dead.

LadyB0yCabDriver said:

Sorry what did you say?

I'm too busy having my dick sucked by your mama to read what you wrote.

TheFrog said:

I thought this, but then realised I would be a little bit obvious to post it

PREDOMINANT said:

Well hey, i thought about responding to my own post, saying how it was a little bit obvious to say what i'd said in my previous post, but then i realised how posting that reply to my previous post would be a little bit obvious.

TheFrog said:

PREDOMINANT said:

TheFrog said:

TheFrog said:

Whoo Hoo!

That means I move up a notch in the standings!

TheFrog said:

Heeeeeyyyyy

TheFrog said: