Des Moines, IA – A 115-year-old Iowa woman’s granddaughter says the woman has died less than two weeks after inheriting the title of world’s oldest person.
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Dina Manfredini’s granddaughter Lori Logli says Manfredini died Monday morning. Logli wouldn’t elaborate on her grandmother’s cause of death.
Manfredini lived at the Bishop Drumm Retirement Center in Johnston. Guinness World Records confirmed she inherited the title of world’s oldest living person less than two weeks ago. Bessie Cooper of Georgia previously held the title at age 116.
Guinness spokesman Robert Young says a Japanese man is believed to now hold the title. Jiroemon Kimura was born on April 19, 1897, which makes him just 15 days younger than Manfredini. Young says Kimura, of Kyotango in Kyoto, also is believed to be the second-oldest man in documented history.
Many people speculate as to what brings someone long life, be it Shmiras Haloshon, are good health habits or both.
But it’s interesting to note, that if you walk in to any old age home and see all those who are Zoche to be Maarich Yomim you will always find one unmistakable common denominator 100% of the time:
These people are never Overweight!
Overweight people can never ever be Maarich Yomim, bederech hateva – it just NEVER happens period.
You will NEVER see anyone close to 80’s, never mind 90 years old if they are obease!
Watch Your weight!
It seems to be bad luck to be named oldest person. They almost always die within a short period after being named.
“died less than two weeks after inheriting the title of world’s oldest person.” Ayin hara.
My grandmother reached 98yrs and had a beautiful life and was over weight hashem gives hashem takes its not in our hands
in 100 years, people will routinely live past 150
Methinks #1 might be confusing cause and effect. Is it possible that people generally lose weight as they age, regardless of their starting (at middle age) weight? Did anyone do a serious statistical analysis (now there’s an oxymoron!) of the maximum or average middle age weight these skinny senior citizens experienced?
Whether one agrees or disagrees with #1 ,the fact of the matter is that addiction to food, and obesity, are an epidemic in the Jewish community, especially the frum community. How many times have I seen young guys come in to Shul, who are seriously overweight. I know of one young professional, who I see in Shul during the week, and on Shabbos. His midsection appears to get larger every time that I see him. Undoubtedly, he is addicted to food. Such an individual is a prime candidate for high blood pressure, diabetes, stroke, and heart disease. There is no way that someone with such medical conditions, can live to an old age. People who like to fress, seem to think that they can go on the treadmill and jog off the pounds. It doesn’t work that way, as continued fressing will only add on the pounds. The vast majority of overweight people are that way, because they can’t control their addiction to food, period. Let us not make excuses for them!
She lived longer than Yosef Hatzaddik, whom Parshas Vayechi states lived only 110 years. She must have had some zchus somewhere.
#11 : Global worming? Is that what you do when everyone has tapeworm?
#13 - addiction is a sickness and should be treated as such. Do your friend a favor and sit down and discuss this with him. He would listen to you as a friend more so than his doctor.
obesity generally cuts life expectancy by six to seven years.
on a light note, maybe all the overweight seniors are happily living with their families!
longevity and body types tend to be hereditary.
This quote is widely attributed to Sir Winston Churchill:
“I could quit drinking, I could quit smoking, I could quit women with no last names (sanitized version) and live to be 100 years old but then it would seem like 200. “