Helen Faith Keane Reichert was born on Nov. 11, 1901 on Manhattan’s
Lower East Side. Together with her brother Irving, 104,
and Peter, 100, and her sister Lee, who died in 2005 at
the age of 102, she is part of the oldest quartet of
siblings in the world.
The Secrets of the Supercentenarians
By Samiha Shafy
Der Spiegel
Der Spiegel
How is it possible to live more than a century yet still remain healthy and lucid? Scientists believe there may be a genetic link. The Kahn siblings in America, aged 108, 104 and 100, are helping researchers to unlock those secrets.
Helen is 108 years old. She hates salads, vegetables, getting up early and just about everything that has to do with a healthy lifestyle. She loves rare hamburgers, chocolate, cocktails and nightlife in New York: all the exotic restaurants, Broadway shows, movie theaters — where she recently saw “Iron Man 2″ — and the Metropolitan Opera. That’s where she attended her first opera, “Samson et Delila,” in 1918. It was a present from her father for her 17th birthday.
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