Age Queen

has anointed a new oldest living person: Marie-Louise Febronie Meilleur of Corbeil, Ontario, Canada. Meilleur, who will turn 117 in two weeks, had the best proof for her claim of several candidates put forward, the people said. She succeeds Jeanne Calment, 122, of Arles, France, who died earlier this month.

The Guinness Book of World Records has anointed a new oldest living person: Marie-Louise Febronie Meilleur of Corbeil, Ontario, Canada. Meilleur, who will turn 117 in two weeks, had the best proof for her claim of several candidates put forward, the Guinness people said. She succeeds Jeanne Calment, 122, of Arles, France, who died earlier this month.