Emiliano Mercado del Toro

Emiliano Mercado Del Toro for exmaple, who lived to 115, credited his good health to funche, a boiled corn, codfish and milk cream-like dish, which he ate every day, and a good sense of humour. Best remembered however, might be Emma Morano from Italy who claimed the secret to old age was being ...

Emma Morano died on on April 15 of this year. She was 117 years and 137 days old, the last person alive that had been born in the 1800s, barely making the cut by coming into the world in November of 1899. "The woman who saw three centuries." An unquestionably remarkable feat. With the passing of ...

While immortality is still out of reach — for now, at least — there are likely more people who've lived past the hundred-year mark today than in any other time in history. But how some of them managed to do it will truly surprise you. Forget jogging around the block and eating berries — here's how you ...

Misao Okawa, the world's oldest living person, died on April 1, 2015, at age 117. Here is a list of some other people who have held that title across the globe. Susannah Mushatt Jones. Susannah Mushatt Jones, 115, right, of Brooklyn, was Photo Credit: AP / Richard Drew. Susannah Mushatt Jones, 115, ...

18, 1895, Tomoji Tanabe was named world's oldest male after the death of Emiliano Mercado Del Toro of Puerto Rico. He died in January at age 115. On Tuesday, the mayor of Miyakonojo City, where Tanabe lives, presented him with a bouquet and a letter of congratulations. When the mayor asked how ...

10 years ago, 2007: Emiliano Mercado del Toro was born when Puerto Rico was still a Spanish colony and trained as a soldier in World War I. Having spent just a month as the world's oldest person, he died in his home on the northern coast of Puerto Rico.

Emiliano Mercado Del Toro, 113, speaks to the media at his home in Isabela, Puerto Rico, Thursday, Jan. 20, 2005. Mercado, born in August 21, 1891 and certified the oldest man in the world by the Guinness Book of World Records is also the oldest living ...

Emiliano Mercado Del Toro, 113, speaks to the media at his home in Isabela, Puerto Rico, Thursday, Jan. 20, 2005. Mercado, born in August 21, 1891 and certified the oldest man in the world by the Guinness Book of World Records is also the oldest living ...

ST. LOUIS (WPIX) - As the police cruiser pulled up to the Five Star Senior Center in South St. Louis, the 102-year-old woman inside was able to check off another item from her bucket list.

A man in Indonesia is claiming to be 145 years old which would make him the oldest living person ever recorded, notes The Independent.

Emiliano Mercado Del Toro, 113, speaks to the media at his home in Isabela, Puerto Rico, Thursday, Jan. 20, 2005. Mercado, born in August 21, 1891 and certified the oldest man in the world by the Guinness Book of World Records is also the oldest living ...