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All these types of articles always include photos of Calment, even though it's highly likely she was a fraud
by pyrrhotech 5y ago
All these types of articles always include photos of Calment, even though it's highly likely she was a fraud
- bpodgursky 5y agoWell, she was dead, her daughter was a fraud : )
- mrwh 5y agoThere's a good New Yorker piece on this: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/02/17/was-jeanne-calment-the-oldest-person-who-ever-lived-or-a-fraud https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/02/17/was-jeanne-cal... TL/DR: on balance the author concludes that it's easier to believe that she was genuine, all in all.
- ebruchez 5y ago> highly likely Citation needed.