Born in 1906, Margaret Maritz celebrates her birthday this Friday. She is approaching Jeanne Louis Calment’s longevity record.
The South African Margaret Maritz celebrates her 118th birthday this Friday and celebrated it with a little party in a nursing home from Cape Town.
Born on September 27, 1906, according to her document, she managed to position herself as one of the oldest people in the world, surpassing the Japanese woman. Tomiko Itookawho had fulfilled 116 years in June.
However, she has 4 years left to surpass the oldest person in history, a record that belongs to the French woman. Jeanne Louise Calmentwho came to live 122 years and 164 days until his death in 1997. Although since the book Guinness They stated that “several people have claimed to be older than her, but there has never been enough evidence to confirm this with certainty”
Likewise, the South African woman’s identity document could not be independently verified, so she has not yet been registered by the Gerontology Research Group of the United States as oldest living person in the worldThe entity continues to place Itooka, born on May 23, 1908, in first place.
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Maritz’s celebration
The elderly woman celebrated her birthday in a home for the elderly in the town of Touws River. There she was surrounded by two of her 14 childrennext to whom he blew out the candles on a huge birthday cake.
The home nurse, Gregory Elroy Adams He said that Maritz “talks about his life when he was young, saying that you have to respect your mother and father. He didn’t drink or smoke.”
On the other hand, Liza Daniels, one of her 67-year-old daughters, remarked: “I don’t know if I will reach that age one day, but for me it is an enormous privilege to have a mother who reached that age.”
Source: Ambito
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