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A 100-year-old Brazilian man has set the Guinness World Record for the longest tenure at the same company, after working for a textile firm for 84 years. Guinness World Records reports the record was verified on January 6. Walter Orthmann, who turned 100 on April 19, started working at ReneauxView, previously called Industrias Renaux S.A., when he was […]
Kane Tanaka, a Japanese woman who in 2019 was recognized by the Guinness World Records as the world’s oldest person, has died at the age of 119, CBS News reports. Tanaka, who was born on January 2, 1903, in the southwestern Fukuoka region of Japan, passed away last Tuesday, according to a statement released by […]
ComplexCon returns to Long Beach Nov. 6 – 7 with hosts J. Balvin and Kristen Noel Crawley, performances by A$AP Rocky and Turnstile, and more shopping and drops. Secure your spot while tickets last! Buy tickets A 96-year-old woman who once served as a secretary for the SS commander of the Stutthof concentration camp was arrested […]
On Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention endorsed COVID-19 vaccine booster shots for elderly and vulnerable Americans. The move was announced by director Dr. Rochelle Walensky, who backed the CDC Advisory Committee’s recommendation for a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine booster shot among those more at risk from the novel coronavirus. People aged 65 years or […]
A Colorado police department has announced the resignation of several officers who were involved in the violent arrest of an elderly woman with dementia. Loveland Police Chief Robert Ticer announced the news Friday, shortly after body camera footage of the incident was released to the public. The three officers who left their positions have been identified as Austin […]
Even by Fox News‘ famously low standards, this latest act of Fox Newsery is shark-jumpingly stupid. Network personality Laura Ingraham, as seen in widely mocked footage on Wednesday, actually carried on an entire televised conversation with a purported “Nevada poll worker” who was cloaked in dark lighting. Adding to the ludicrousness of it all was […]
Tyler Perry is doing what he can to help the elderly during the coronavirus pandemic. As People reports, Perry surprised older shoppers across 74 stores in Atlanta and New Orleans. In the former he paid for the groceries at 44 Kroger stores, while the latter he did so at 29 Winn Dixie stores, and did so during the […]
At a mere 112 years young, Bob Weighton from the UK has now been formally recognized as the oldest man on the planet. Weighton, who inherited the braggable title after previous record holder Chitetsu Watanabe died earlier this year, still managed to get some well-deserved Happy Birthday-ing in despite ongoing COVID-19 containment measures. Per the Guinness […]
While speaking to Tucker Carlson on Fox News, Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said that older people are ready to risk their lives so that the American economy can get back to business as usual after being heavily impacted by the spread of COVID-19. “No one reached out to me and said, as a senior citizen, are you […]
To the presumed surprise of absolutely no one, the practice of smoking weed or ingesting its benefits via the edible method is quite noticeably on the rise among those over the age of 65. Research published this week in the JAMA peer-reviewed medical journal, per CNN, shows that the number of American seniors over 65 who […]
