Highlight: Video by Nick Ornstein on YouTube

Longevity researcher Nick Ornstein has produced an illuminating video of the ten verified oldest people living as of 4 November 2010. The video, posted on 28 November 2010, was posted on the day that Venere Pizzinato, born 23 November 1896, broke the all-time record for the oldest person ever from Italy, at age 114 years, 5 days.
Click here to see the video.
Features:
  • Definitions and background of the validation process for supercentenarians, etc.
  • A list of the ten verified oldest people living, in ascending order, with photographs of every one of them except Shige Hirooka of Japan (b. 16 January 1897).
  • Trivia on Melinda Harris of the United States (4 May 1898 –c. 20 October 2010)
  • In Memoriam: Ida Stewart of Jamaica (13 November 1896? –12 November 2010), with a claimed age of 113 years, 364 days.