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Jeanne Louise Calment, was born in Arles, France on February 21, 1875. She was 14 when the Eiffel Tower was completed in 1889. She once met Vincent Van Gogh in her father's shop and remembered selling art supplies to him. She married a distant cousin at the age of 21. Her only grandson died in 1963. Her genes may have contributed to her longevity as her father lived to the age of 94 and her mother to the age of 86.
She led an extremely active life, taking up fencing at 85 years old, and was still riding a bicycle at 100. She portrayed herself at the age of 114 in the film Vincent Et Moi, to become the oldest actress in film. She did another film, "Au-delà de 120 ans avec Jeanne Calment" in 1995 at the age of 120. Jeanne Calment also published a CD and a VCR tape titled "Maitresse du Temps." It is interesting to note that she gave up cigarettes when she was 120, not for health reasons but because she could no longer light up without asking for help.
Quotes attributed to Jeanne Calment: In life, one sometimes makes bad deals.
Comments on the notary public, Andre-Francois Raffray, who purchased her apartment, promising to pay $500 per month until Jeanne died. He paid twice the market value for the apartment before dying in December of 1995.
Comments on her vision of the future on her 120th birthday:
I've been forgotten by a good God. (or L'Oubliée de Dieu)
I've only got one wrinkle and I'm sitting on it. (Je n'ai jamai eu qu'une seule ride et je suis assise dessus.)
I'm a normal woman.
I am very brave and I'm afraid of nothing.
I took pleasure when I could. I acted clearly and morally and without regret. I'm very lucky.
Jeanne Louise Calment died at a nursing home in Arles, southern France on August 4, 1997. President Jacques Chirac once said Jean Calment was a little bit like a grandmother to everyone in France.
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