Being The Worlds Oldest Person

My mother used to nurse Jessie Smith (one of the world's oldest) who died in 1998 aged 110 or so. She used to point at pictures of the Queen Mother and say "It's the Queen!" and also used to hold a toy soldier close to her calling it "my little boy" (no one knows why). All but one of her four children had died of old age, and apparently by the end of her years she was barely able to hear, talk, or even eat. I'd rather choose a death with my immediate family around me rather than be alienated both culturally and physically.

She *did* love Scooby Doo though.