# New Research Claims Jeanne Calment, thought to be worlds longest living human at 122, a fraud.

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**Created:** [January 1, 2019, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-research-claims-jeanne-calment-thought-to-be-worlds-longest-living-human-at-122-a-fraud/827051 "2019-01-01T18:29:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2019, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-research-claims-jeanne-calment-thought-to-be-worlds-longest-living-human-at-122-a-fraud/827051/61 "2019-01-12T22:00:27Z")

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[The plot thickens](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/01/12/how-madame-calment-worlds-oldest-person-became-fuel-russian-conspiracy-theory/?utm_term=.11d800011484); apparently, the theory that Calment was a fraud may itself have been the product of a Russian disinformation campaign 😕

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