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Living that long is like winning the genetic lottery. Robert Young, a scientist and senior consultant with Guinness World Records on Gertrude Baines
Friday, Sep. 11, 2009

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  • ROBERT YOUNG,
  • a scientist and senior consultant with Guinness World Records, on Gertrude Baines, the world's oldest known person, who died Friday at 115
Photo: Damian Dovarganes / AP | Source: New York Times