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Estate planning in your senior years

Jeanne Louise Calment was a French supercentenarian and, although now disputed, is considered the oldest human to have ever lived ‒ her age was documented as 122 years and 164 days at her passing in 1997. She touts a famous picture on the occasion of her 117th birthday where she treated herself to a cigarette and her regular glass of port.

The story goes that she lived in a grand apartment above her family’s general store. When she turned 96, her notary bought her apartment from her, under the French

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