Thursday, March 15, 2007

The Face of Age: Living in 3 Centuries

Living in Three Centuries : The Face of Age
110 year 320 day-old American man of Native American, African American and Swedish descent
110 year 320 day-old 
American man 
of Native American, African American 
and Swedish descent —
the 44th oldest living person in the world.

His father stood on the platform 
next to President Abraham Lincoln 
as Lincoln gave 
the Gettysburg Address.
His father was the illegitimate son 
of Lincoln's Vice-President,
Andrew Johnson,
who became President 
after Lincoln's assassination.

He is quickwitted, opinionated,
blind, talkative 
and one of the last 
living veterans of World War I.

"Why have you lived this long?"
I asked. He said,
"I don't fool around with women,
beer, wine or whiskey."

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