DNA Study of 117-Year-Old Woman Reveals Clues to a Long Life : ScienceAlert
Branyas had cells that “felt” or “behaved” as though they were much younger than her chronological age. She exceeded the average life expectancy of women in her home of Catalonia by more than 30 years.
Yes - see the home page for the full story and research paper, and analysis on this:
Yes… crazy they got her biomarkers the year before she passed. Glad you found them for the group.
At your full story.
The famed American star of Walker, Texas Ranger and Delta Force fame, celebrated his 85th birthday in classic form—by climbing California’s Lassen Peak, a summit of 10,457 feet.
“What a day! I had the pleasure of hiking Lassen Peak once again. While it was heartbreaking to see the damage left behind by the 2021 Dixie Fire, the park’s beauty still shines through. Walking those trails brought back so many wonderful memories,” Norris wrote on Instagram. “My wife grew up around these parts, and I’ll always be grateful she introduced me to such magnificent sights.”
Read the full story: Chuck Norris Celebrates 85th Birthday by Climbing Iconic Peak
Chuck is looking pretty good for 85.
Ok, @Desertshores. He’s a year older than you, but could you whup him? 
Chuck has always stayed in shape, got a lot of exercise b/c his livelihood depended on it. And wasn’t he hawking home gym equipment a few years ago? Also probably his martial arts skills are still mostly there… maybe no high kicks but ?? That said, I too am betting on @desertshores winning the longevity contest… unless Chuck is a stealthy member of this forum! 
When Chuck Norris does a push-up, he isn’t lifting himself up, he’s pushing the Earth down.
Hahaha. Chuck Norris jokes.
Chuck Norris has a grizzly bear rug in his bedroom. It’s not dead. It’s just too scared to move.
Death had a near Chuck Norris experience once.
When 9-1-1 has an emergency, it calls Chuck Norris.
Check this out. This is what I aspire to be at 99.
“Dick Van Dyke, 99, flexes his muscles at the gym with unlikely celebrity pal.”
‘Somebody said, “To what do you attribute your age and physical condition?” And I said, “I’ve always exercised.” Three days a week, we go to the gym, still. Three days a week,’ the star explained
Funny thing is, he was a severe alcoholic for many years. Somehow he lived through it and is almost 100 (if he makes it to December!).
Meanwhile, various health nuts croak in their 70’s or 80’s. He does exercise though, 3 times a week. But so what? Jack LaLanne built his whole life around health, diet and exercise, didn’t touch alcohol, and only made it to 96, same as his brother who never exercised and ate crap. Let’s face it: it’s the genes.
If you want a chance at beating your genes, just hoping diet and exercise will do it is a slender reed. You better hope a carefully chosen drug cocktail does the trick for longevity in good health with middling genes, because genetic engineering is still a long way off (plus easiest to implement before born, lol).
I think desertshores has had that insight decades ago, which is why he’s tried every drug and supplement under the sky😁.
Plus rapamycin, lithium and melotonin 
It may be a bit unfair to compare Jack LaLanne to his brother based purely on age at death. He died of pneumonia, so perhaps if he’d just gone to a doctor sooner, he could have lived another 10 years.
This is how I want to be at 81 years old.
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Well, everyone dies of something eventually. It’s not like he was hit by a truck. His immune system just was not strong enough, so he died. Older people with weak immunity regularly die of the flu, while 100+ year olds survive it, because theirs is strong enough. Jack LaLanne’s immune system was too weak, and he died. So it’s fair to point out that his body was not strong enough to meet the challenges of his environment at 96, and he gave up the ghost. You are as young as your immune system, we know that from rapamycin too. Jack LaLanne did not make the cut. I wonder if for example these two had as rigorous health regimens as Jack:
Ellison looks good in the photo, but the recent one doesn’t look as good (see below, double click on the image to make it full size). With a few hundred billion $, I’m sure you can look even better
Source: https://archive.ph/rHZbI
I’m just waiting for Jurassic Park, okay?
Lānaʻi sometimes written Lanai, is the sixth-largest of the Hawaiian Islands and the smallest publicly accessible inhabited island in the chain. It is colloquially known as the Pineapple Island because of its past as an island-wide pineapple plantation. The island’s only settlement of note is the small town of Lānaʻi City. The island is 98% owned by Larry Ellison, cofounder and chairman of Oracle Corporation; the remaining 2% is owned by the state of Hawaii or individual homeowners.
Even his worst photos look better than most octogenarians. His verbal dexterity and young sounding voice is extraordinary for his age. But he looks much better when his beard covers his entire jawline. I think facial hair ca be the ultimate ‘facial aging’ hack. (when its done right). It also minimizes the aging elongated upper lip, and overall bone-loss.
Just avoid following the “Sean Penn” longevity program (he’s 65 and looks 90)
Source: https://archive.ph/vIBAd
Ellison still looks good even in his recent photo. If he achieved it without plastic surgery it’s amazing. His double chin shows that he didn’t have plastic in the lower face, not sure about the upper and mid face according to his ear shape (tragus line is too smooth which points to a possible facelift).
