outside reading #25

Today I read an article about the oldest man in the United States. His name was George Francis and he was 112 when he died on Saturday. George died at a nursing home in Sacramento because of heart failure. His son, Anthony Francis who is 81, says that George was born on June 6th, 1896 in New Orleans. George had to live through much of is life without his wife, Josephine Johnson Francis, who died at the age of 63. Although George Francis was the oldest man in the United States, the oldest person in the world is 115. Her name is Maria de Jesus and she lives in Portugal. This is according to a UCLA gerontologist, Dr. Stephen Coles, who keeps a list of the world’s oldest people.
It is hard to imagine living for 115+ years. So many people struggle to live a normal length life. This just goes to show that anything is possible and that any age can be met.