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Born | Emma Martina Luigia Morano 29 November 1899[1] (age 124 years, 229 days) |
Known for | Oldest living person (since 13 May 2016) Oldest verified Italian person ever Last living person verified born in the 1800s |
Spouse(s) | Giovanni Martinuzzi (1901–1978) (m. 1926–1978; his death)[2] |
Children | 1 |
Emma Martina Luigia Morano (born 29 November 1899) is an Italian supercentenarian who is, at the age of 124 years, 229 days,[a] the world's oldest living person, and the last living person verified to have been born in the 1800s.
She is the oldest Italian person ever,[3] the second oldest European person ever behind Jeanne Calment,[4] and one of the ten verified oldest people ever.[5]
Biography
Early life
Emma Martina Luigia Morano was born on 29 November 1899 in Civiasco, Vercelli, Piedmont, Italy, to Giovanni Morano and Matilde Bresciani,[6] the eldest of eight children (five daughters and three sons). She had a long-lived family: her mother, an aunt and some of her siblings turned 90, and one of her sisters, Angela Morano (1908–2011),[7] died at age 102.
When she was a child, she moved from the Sesia Valley to Ossola for her father's job,[8] but the climate was so unhealthy there that a physician advised her family to live somewhere with a milder climate, so she moved to Pallanza, on Lake Maggiore, where she still lives. In October 1926, she married Giovanni Martinuzzi[9] (1901–1978), and in 1937 her only child was born but died when he was only six months old. The marriage was not happy,[10] so in 1938 Morano separated from her husband, driving him out of the house; despite the couple's separation, they remained married until his death in 1978.
Later life
Until 1954, she worked at Maioni Industry, a jute factory in her town. She subsequently worked in the kitchen of Collegio Santa Maria, a Marianist boarding school in Pallanza, until her retirement at the age of 75.[6]
Morano was still living alone in her home on her 115th birthday.[11] When asked about the secret of her longevity, she said that she had never used drugs, eats three eggs a day, drinks a glass of homemade brandy, and enjoys a chocolate sometimes, but, above all, she thinks positively about the future.[12] Morano credits her long life to her diet of raw eggs and being single.[13]
In 2011, Morano was visited as part of a worldwide study conducted by George Church for Harvard Medical School of Boston, to study the secret of her longevity.[14] In December of that year, she was awarded the honor of Knight of Order of Merit of the Italian Republic by President Giorgio Napolitano.[15]
Morano became the oldest living person in Italy and Europe after the death of Maria Redaelli on 2 April 2013.[9] On her 114th birthday, she gave a short live TV interview to a RAI show.[16] On her 116th birthday, Morano received congratulations from Pope Francis.[17]
She surpassed the age of Venere Pizzinato in August 2014 and Dina Manfredini (who died in the USA) in August 2015, to become the oldest Italian person ever.[3][18] On 13 May 2016,[b] upon the death of American woman Susannah Mushatt Jones, Morano became the world's oldest living person and also the last living person verified to have been born in the 1800s.[20] On 29 July 2016 she was presented with a certificate from Guinness World Records recognizing her as the oldest person alive.[21][22] Festivities celebrating her 117th birthday on 29 November 2016 were broadcast live in Italy.[23]
See also
- List of Italian supercentenarians
- List of European supercentenarians
- List of the verified oldest women
- List of the verified oldest people
- List of oldest people by country
- Longevity
- Oldest people
Notes
- ^ The date listed here is the date verified by Guinness World Records and Gerontology Research Group. However, some sources, including in some cases Morano herself,[1][2][3][4] cite Morano's birthday at 27 November 1899, which would make her two days older.
- ^ Susannah Mushatt Jones died 12 May 2016 8:26pm EDT.[19] However, in Italy, where Morano lives, the date was already 13 May 2016 (CEST).
References
- ^ "Oldest Validated Living Supercentenarians". Gerontology Research Group. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
- ^ "Auguri alla nonna d'Italia che ha visto 10 Papi" (in Italian). Sanfrancescopatronoditalia.it. Retrieved 2013-05-05.
- ^ a b Emma Morano, è italiana la nonnina del mondo Retrieved May 16, 2016.
- ^ "Longevity tips from the world's oldest person". The New Daily. 17 May 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
- ^ Di Battista, Stefano (3 April 2016). "Emma tra i 10 più longevi di ogni tempo". Corriere di Novara. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
- ^ a b Template:It icon "I miei 112 anni di storia d'Italia"
- ^ ""ANGIOLINA", SONO 102!" (in Italian). Verbaniamilleventi.org. 2007-03-27. Archived from the original on November 6, 2013. Retrieved 2013-05-05.
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suggested) (help) - ^ "La nonna che abbraccia tre secoli" (in Italian). Caffe.ch. 2010-11-12. Retrieved 2013-05-05.
- ^ a b mario.giovanardi. "Emma MArano 113 anni Mangio tre uova al giorno, come mi disse il dottore quando ero ragazza" (in Italian). Vip.it. Retrieved 2013-05-05.
- ^ "Emma Morano, 112 anni: ha visto dieci Papi. Il segreto? Tre uova al dì" (in Italian). 45.9215067,8.5515597: Blitzquotidiano.it. Retrieved 2013-05-05.
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: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ "Emma Morano compie 115 anni" (in Italian). ogginotizie.it. Retrieved 2014-12-03.
- ^ "Nacque sotto re Umberto I. Era il 1899 Emma Morano è nata a Civiasco 112 anni fa. Oggi vive a Verbania e abita ancora da sola "Martedì ho festeggiato con torta e vino bianco". Mangia tre uova al giorno e beve la "sua" grappa" (in Italian). Civiasco.netweek.it. 1987-07-16. Retrieved 2013-05-05.
- ^ Bender, Kelli. "Emma Morano, 115, Credits Her Long Life to Raw Eggs and Staying Single". Retrieved 2016-03-12.
- ^ "Ricercatori Statunitensi E Troupe Rai Da Nonna Emmm" (in Italian). verbaniamilleventi.org. 2007-03-27. Archived from the original on September 27, 2013. Retrieved 2013-05-05.
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suggested) (help) - ^ "Le onorificenze della Repubblica italiana" (in Italian). Quirinale.it. Archived from the original on 2013-09-28. Retrieved 2013-05-05.
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suggested) (help) - ^ "Emma Morano compie 114 anni" (in Italian). ogginotizie.it. Retrieved 2013-11-30.
- ^ "I 116 anni di Emma Morano". Eco Risveglio. 2015-11-29.
- ^ "Nonna Emma compie 115 anni". 29 November 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
- ^ Boyette, Chris; Melendez, Pilar (2016-05-14). "Susannah Mushatt Jones, world's oldest person, dies at 116". cnn.com. CNN. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
- ^ "This woman is the only person left born in the 1800s". USA Today. 13 May 2016.
- ^ Sergio Ronchi (2016-08-02). "Emma Morano Sul Libro Del Guinness World Records" (in Italian). verbaniamilleventi.org. Retrieved 2016-08-03.
- ^ Sergio Ronchi (2016-08-02). "Guinness e marianisti premiano Emma Morano" (in Italian). La Stampa. Retrieved 2016-08-03.
- ^ Emma Morano, World's Oldest Person, Turns 117