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100-year-old Métis woman says a large, loving family — and raw garlic — are key to living a long, happy life
For Vina Vesinger, the secret to a century-long life lies in being surrounded by generations of loving family members — and eating lots of raw garlic.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/vina-vesinger-100-birthday-9.7169682?cmp=rss

Mathrubhumi English Mar 30

A century of life, one habit unchanged: 101-year-old voter still goes alone to polling booth https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/101-year-old-gangadharan-achari-votes-independently-kerala-election-experience-mxxq0irm?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #KeralaNews #Elections #Voting #IndiaNews #Centenarian

Ceryl Feb 17

Rena Stewart #Scottish #centenarian Studied German #UniversityofStAndrew #WWII codebreaker #bletchleypark who later translated Adolf Hitler’s will. Became journalist, 1st woman Senior Duty Editor #BBCWorldService b. 17 Feb 1923 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rena_Stewart

Hacker News Jan 7

Becoming a Centenarian

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/12/22/becoming-a-centenarian

#HackerNews #Becoming #a #Centenarian #centenarian #longevity #health #aging #lifeexpectancy #NewYorker

Becoming a Centenarian

Calvin Tomkins, the author of “The Lives of Artists,” “Duchamp: A Biography,” and “Off the Wall,” who has been writing for The New Yorker since 1958, reflects on turning a hundred on December 17, 2025, in a journal he has kept during the magazine’s own centennial year.

The New Yorker

Longreads Jan 1

"When we invite people to dinner at our apartment, we ask them to come at seven and all but suggest that they leave by nine. One of us will joke that this is the time I start to drool, but the real reason is that from nine on I can no longer take part in a conversation." —Calvin Tomkins for The New Yorker

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/12/22/becoming-a-centenarian

#100 #Diary #Centenarian

Becoming a Centenarian

The New Yorker

Front Page Dec 29

104-year-old WWII veteran's haunting saxophone 'Star Spangled Banner' rendition stuns stadium crowd

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/national-anthem-veteran-saxophone

Hacker News Dec 13

Dick Van Dyke turns 100

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/dec/13/dick-van-dyke-centenarian-100-mary-poppins-chitty-chitty-bang-bang

#HackerNews #DickVanDyke #100thBirthday #FilmLegend #MaryPoppins #ChittyChittyBangBang #Centenarian

Elastic limbs, fantastical accents and crackling sexual chemistry: Dick Van Dyke turns 100

The goofy star of Mary Poppins becomes a centenarian on Saturday. And what a precocious performer he has proved, sustaining scrappy mischief through seven decades of mainstream entertainment

The Guardian

Front Page Nov 27

103-yr-old sees with wife after extended hospital stay and ditches his walker in excitement

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/103-yr-old-sees-with-wife-after-extended-hospital-stay-and-ditches-his-walker-in-excitement-ex1

Ceryl Nov 10

Rena Stewart #Scottish #centenarian Studied German @ Uni of St Andrews. #WWII codebreaker @ Bletchley Park, translated Hitler’s will. Joined BBC Caversham Park, monitored Radio Moscow. Became journalist, 1st woman Senior Duty Editor #BBC World Service d. 11 Nov 2023 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rena_Stewart @CarveHerName

Penny Richards Oct 6, 2025

started a #wikipedia article on US poet, novelist, educator Theda Kenyon (1894-1997; yes, she lived to be 103); she wrote historical novels based on the lives of Joan of Arc and Anne Hutchinson, among others: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theda_Kenyon @wikiwomeninred #WeirdTales #historicalfiction #Poetry #HunterCollege #centenarian