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NEWS ABOUT: centenarians

centenarians stories: 3 news summaries

 Somali Man, 112, 
 Marries Teen Bride 

Father of 80-year-old says he wants more kids with wife

Oct 30, 09 3:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - A 95-year age gap is no barrier to love, according to a 112-year-old Somali man who married a 17-year-old bride this week. Ahmed Muhamed Dhore—who told the BBC he still has his 1897 birth certificate written on goat skin—says he realized a dream by marrying his sixth wife.... More »

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Somalia • marriage • centenarians • women's issues

 A Medical Frontier:
 100-Year-Olds In Surgery 

Doctors disagree on whether to operate on the 'late elderly'

Jul 18, 08 7:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Life expectancy in the United States keeps rising: more than 90,000 Americans have celebrated a 100th birthday, and experts foresee more than 1 million centenarians by 2050. As lifespans have grown, so too have medical efforts to treat the very old, from hip replacements to chemotherapy. But as the... More »

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health care • elderly • surgery • aging • heart surgery • geriatric medicine • centenarians

Oldest WWI Veteran, 107, Looks Back

KC ceremonies honor last living doughboy, enlistee at 16

May 26, 08 4:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Memorial Day observances in Kansas City this weekend had a very special guest: the last surviving American veteran of the Great War. Frank Buckles, 107, who hoodwinked a recruiter to enlist in 1917, was honored today at the World War I Museum, Fox 4 News reports. "I was gung-ho,... More »

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veterans • Kansas City • World War I • Great War • Frank Buckles • centenarians • Veterans of Foreign Wars • World War I Museum

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