Cambodian tiger hunter said to be 122, dies in sleep

[dArKeR]

A Cambodian tiger hunter and martial arts exponent believed to be the world's oldest person has died peacefully in his sleep after a brief illness, his relatives reported yesterday.

In an interview conducted with Reuters five days before he died, Sek Yi and his equally wizened wife Long Ouk, 108, attributed their longevity to a combination of tobacco and prayer.

http://www.etaiwannews.com/Asia/2003/10/21/1066700847.htm

[arwalden]

1. Tobacco and Prayer, huh? Sigh... I've Given Up BOTH...

... I guess anecdotal evidence is always best.

-- Allen

[Systematic Chaos]

2. I heard that the previous oldest person, some woman in France,

who lived to be 123 I think, smoked until such time as she could no longer light her cigarettes by herself. She then quit out of pride.

Does this mean that people with four-pack-a-day habits should all live to be over 100? Gimme a farkin' break.

[Elidor]

3. You see? She quit smoking and she DIED!

It's a cautionary tale.

[JackSwift]

4. She wasn't a heavy smoker

and by the end it was only one coffin nail a day which she stopped at 117