Sarah Knauss was the second or third (documented) longest lived person ever. She was born in 1880 and passed away 30 hours before the year 2000 at over 119 years of age. Although nearly blind and deaf at the time, she was in good health and had not been ill at all before her death. At the time she was the only person alive who was born before 1885.
I sent this to her in 1998 when she was 117. Her daughter wrote me a note saying it was difficult to communicate with her, but they managed to have her sign it. Her daughter was 95 at the time, and ended up living to age 101 herself. I cannot even imagine being 95 years old, and one of my parents still being alive!
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