The Ecuadorian woman who was declared by Guinness World Records as the “world’s oldest person” has died. Sadly, news reports say Maria Esther de Capovilla died Sunday, less than a month before her 117th birthday. Capovilla’s family members told local reporters that she was born in Guayaquil in western Ecuador on September 14, 1889 (the same year that Adolf Hitler was born and the Eiffel Tower was inaugurated) and lived in a ritzy neighborhood with her daughter-in-law and son. When asked what the secret to Capovilla’s astonishingly long life was, her family members replied: “regular doses of donkey’s or goat’s … Continue reading →