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| '''Marie Lemaitre Brémont''' (née Mesange; 25 April 1886 – 6 June 2001)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/1374164.stm|title=World's oldest woman dies at 115|work=BBC News online|date=6 June 2001|accessdate=29 December 2007}}</ref> was a French ] and ] from November 2000 until her death.<ref name="AP-wire">{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=APAB&d_place=APAB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F8922A725DE38E4&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=Marie Bremont|agency=Associated Press|date=7 June 2001|accessdate=29 December 2007|quote=Marie Brémont, 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. Brémont died in her sleep at a retirement home in Candé. She was considered the world's oldest person since the death of ] of Britain in November |
'''Marie Lemaitre Brémont''' (née Mesange; 25 April 1886 – 6 June 2001)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/1374164.stm|title=World's oldest woman dies at 115|work=BBC News online|date=6 June 2001|accessdate=29 December 2007}}</ref> was a French ] and ] from November 2000 until her death.<ref name="AP-wire">{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=APAB&d_place=APAB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F8922A725DE38E4&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=Marie Bremont|agency=Associated Press|date=7 June 2001|accessdate=29 December 2007|quote=Marie Brémont, 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. Brémont died in her sleep at a retirement home in Candé. She was considered the world's oldest person since the death of ] of Britain in November.}}</ref> | ||
| Brémont was the second Frenchwoman to hold the title of the oldest living person, after ] world record holder ].<ref>{{cite web|author=AlterNet / By Mad Dog |url=http://www.alternet.org/story/11087/ |title=MAD DOG: Bottling the Fountain of Youth |publisher=Alternet.org |date=24 June 2001 |accessdate=2 June 2013}}</ref> | Brémont was the second Frenchwoman to hold the title of the oldest living person, after ] world record holder ].<ref>{{cite web|author=AlterNet / By Mad Dog |url=http://www.alternet.org/story/11087/ |title=MAD DOG: Bottling the Fountain of Youth |publisher=Alternet.org |date=24 June 2001 |accessdate=2 June 2013}}</ref> | ||
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| Over the course of her life, she worked in a ] factory, as a nanny and as a ]. At 103, she was hit by a car and broke her arm as a result.<ref>{{cite web|author=8 June 2001 |url=http://articles.latimes.com/2001/jun/08/local/me-8038 |title=Marie Bremont, 115; Believed to Be Oldest Person in the World - Los Angeles Times |publisher=Articles.latimes.com |date=8 June 2001 |accessdate=2 June 2013}}</ref> She died at her retirement home at age ] in ], ], having had no children. | Over the course of her life, she worked in a ] factory, as a nanny and as a ]. At 103, she was hit by a car and broke her arm as a result.<ref>{{cite web|author=8 June 2001 |url=http://articles.latimes.com/2001/jun/08/local/me-8038 |title=Marie Bremont, 115; Believed to Be Oldest Person in the World - Los Angeles Times |publisher=Articles.latimes.com |date=8 June 2001 |accessdate=2 June 2013}}</ref> She died at her retirement home at age ] in ], ], having had no children. | ||
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Marie Lemaitre Brémont (née Mesange; 25 April 1886 – 6 June 2001) was a French supercentenarian and the oldest recognized person in the world from November 2000 until her death.
Brémont was the second Frenchwoman to hold the title of the oldest living person, after longevity world record holder Jeanne Calment.
Biography
Brémont was born as Marie Marthe Augustine Mesange in Noëllet, 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.
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 as a result. She died at her retirement home at age 115 years 42 days in Candé, Maine-et-Loire, having had no children.
References
- "World's oldest woman dies at 115". BBC News online. 6 June 2001. Retrieved 29 December 2007.
- ^ "Marie Bremont". Associated Press. 7 June 2001. Retrieved 29 December 2007.
Marie Brémont, 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. Brémont died in her sleep at a retirement home in Candé. She was considered the world's oldest person since the death of Eva Morris of Britain in November.
- AlterNet / By Mad Dog (24 June 2001). "MAD DOG: Bottling the Fountain of Youth". Alternet.org. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
- 8 June 2001 (8 June 2001). "Marie Bremont, 115; Believed to Be Oldest Person in the World - Los Angeles Times". Articles.latimes.com. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
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| Preceded byEva Morris | Oldest recognized living person 2 November 2000 – 6 June 2001 |
Succeeded byMaude Farris-Luse |
| Preceded byEva Morris | Oldest person in Europe 2 November 2000 – 6 June 2001 |
Succeeded byAmy Hulmes |
| Preceded byJeanne Dumaine | Doyenne de France 3 January 1999 – 6 June 2001 |
Succeeded byGermaine Haye |