Shemu was just 10 years old when the Titanic sank in ... Official records state that the oldest person to have ever lived was Jeanne Calment who was born in 1875 and died in 1997.

At the time, this made her the 25th-oldest person ever validated by the GRG. It also meant that she became the oldest Brazilian person ever documented, retroactive to 4 October 2019 when she ...