Posted on 11/05/2025 1:23:29 PM PST by DFG
These longtime lovebirds are a rare breed.
The newly crowned “oldest married couple” in the world is an adorable pair of former Big Apple centenarians who met during World War II — and now swear by the power of staying curious, having lunchtime beers and simply “loving each other.”
With a combined age of 216 years and 132 days, Eleanor Gittens, 107, and Lyle Gittens, 108, of Miami, were given the title by the Guinness World Records on Wednesday. They are both the oldest living married couple (aggregate age) and the oldest married couple ever (aggregate age).
The pair, who got hitched more than 83 years ago, was also named the world’s “longest-married couple” by the age record-tracking group LongeviQuest this week.
“They love life and they love each other,” said their grandson, Hasani Gittens, 49, who is a journalist and former New York Post reporter.
“And they love good food.”
“They’ve been the epitome of what partnership is,” added Gittens, who was also a founding editor of the news website The City.
“They’re both super intelligent and worldly … and they both really value education a lot.”
The pair met while studying at Clark Atlanta University in 1941 and married on June 4, 1942, in Bradenton, Florida.
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“”Married for 83 years.””
WOW!!!! That is something to celebrate.. 70+ years is getting up there and most don’t make it..but 83???
I delivered the Detroit Free Press in Junior High. I would look at articles as I folded them. There was an article of a couple who were married for 84 years in an edition. Probably about 1964 or 1965. 83 years is a tremendous mile stone.
That’s amazing! Wonderful heartwarming story, thank you for sharing it.
My parents have been married for 69 years. 70th anniversary will be May 2026. Dad is 92 and Mom is 88. Bought their house in 1958 for $12,000 and still live in the same house that they paid off around 1972. Current Zillow estimate is $446,000.
They better layoff the beers. It might shorten their life. /s
Getting married at 43, I really hope I dont make it to 83 years. Who wants to be 126 years old?
Awesome and very rare. Wife and I are on 52 years of marriage at age 70. Got married 4 months after HS graduation.
Same for grandpa. Bacon and eggs, cigars and pipe everyday. Killed him at 98.
I think that 125 year old guy does.
;)
What about sex?
A toast to the lovebirds!
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