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Marie Marthe Augustine 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, after longevity world record holder Jeanne Calment.

She 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.

She died at her retirement home at age 115 years 42 days in Candé, Maine-et-Loire, having had no children, and was the last documented surviving person born in 1886.

See also

• List of the verified oldest people
• Longevity
• Oldest people
• Supercentenarian

References

1. "World's oldest woman dies at 115". BBC News online. 6 June 2001. Retrieved 2007-12-29.
2. ^ "Marie Bremont". Associated Press. 7 June 2001. Retrieved 2007-12-29. 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, just four days before the latter's 115th birthday.
3. MAD DOG: Bottling the Fountain of Youth | AlterNet

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