Marie Brémont
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| Marie Brémont | |
| Born | April 25, 1886 Noëllet, France |
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| Died | June 6, 2001 aged, 115 years, 42 days Candé, Maine-et-Loire, France |
Marie Marthe Augustine Mesange Lemaitre Brémont (April 25, 1886 – June 6, 2001)[1] was a French supercentenarian, the oldest recognized person in the world from November 2000 until her death[2] and the second French woman to hold the title, after Jeanne Calment.[3]
She was born in Noëllet,[2] and her first husband, railroad worker Constant Lemaitre, was killed in the First World War. She married again to a taxi driver, Florentin Brémont, who died in 1967.[citation needed]
Over the course of her life, she worked in a pharmaceutical factory, as a nanny and as a seamstress. At 103, she was hit by a car and broke her arm.[citation needed]
She died at her retirement home at age 115 and 42 days in Candé, Maine-et-Loire, having had no children, and was the last documented surviving person born in 1886.[citation needed]
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- ^ "World's oldest woman dies at 115", BBC News online, 6 June 2001. Retrieved on 2007-12-29.
- ^ a b "Marie Bremont", Associated Press, 7 June 2001. Retrieved on 2007-12-29. "Marie Bremont, a 115-year-old French woman, believed to be the world's oldest person, died Wednesday, ending a journey through life that spanned three centuries. Bremont died in her sleep at a retirement home in Cande. She was considered the world's oldest person since the death of Eva Morris of Britain in November, just four days before her 115th birthday."
- ^ MAD DOG: Bottling the Fountain of Youth | AlterNet
| Preceded by Eva Morris |
Oldest Recognized Living Person November 2, 2000 – June 6, 2001 |
Succeeded by Maude Farris-Luse |
| Preceded by Jeanne Dumaine |
Doyenne de France January 3, 1999 – June 6, 2001 |
Succeeded by Germaine Haye |
