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Ciggie lover lived to 105
The Sun (U.K.) ^ | December 15, 2004 | LUCY HAGAN

Posted on 12/15/2004 3:22:49 AM PST by Stoat

Ciggie lover lived to 105
Life's one long drag ... Marie Ellis puffs away at her nursing home
Life's one long drag ... Marie Ellis puffs away at her nursing home
 
 

By LUCY HAGAN

CIGGIE-loving Marie Ellis was laid to rest yesterday — after living to 105 despite smoking nearly half a million fags.

Marie, who died from heart failure caused by old age, had puffed 15 a day since she was 15-years-old.

The ex-typist was cremated clutching a packet of her favourite Benson & Hedges with flowers in the shape of a cigarette laid on top of her coffin.

Staff and residents from the nursing home she had lived in for the past 15 years sent her off with a rousing version of the song Smoke Gets In Your Eyes.

Maria Kallis, matron of Eaton Lodge in Westgate, Kent, said: “We all remember Marie for smoking, so we are getting a concrete ashtray out in the garden as a memorial to her.

“She smoked right up to the end, having her last cigarette just two days before her death.”


 

Ashes to ashes ... floral tribute in shape of ciggie
Ashes to ashes ... floral tribute in shape of ciggie
 


Marie, who never married or had kids, also delighted in an unhealthy diet.

She always had three sugars in her coffee, loved a drop of sherry and scoffed sweets and cakes — often refusing to eat savoury food.

But Marie remained incredibly healthy.

She had all her teeth and never even suffered as much as a smoker’s cough from her ciggies.

Mrs Kallis said: “Our doctor used to raise his arms in bewilderment when he came to see her.

“He’d say, ‘Don’t encourage her’ — but she defied all medical reasoning.

“She had a lovely send-off. A couple of people had a smoke outside the chapel in her honour both before and after the service.”
 


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: cigarettes; health; no1heregetsoutalive; pufflist; smoking
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21 posted on 12/15/2004 5:20:35 AM PST by SheLion (Only 9 more days until Christmas Eve!!!)
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To: SheLion

AARP is a socialist organization. Nursing homes ! I hope I never end up in one either.


22 posted on 12/15/2004 5:27:10 AM PST by Conspiracy Guy (Proud member of Generation Jones. Born Jan 15, 1954. I was not a hippy or a liberal.)
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To: Stoat

I have always despised the saccharine, migraine-inducing term "ciggie." Unnngh.


23 posted on 12/15/2004 5:28:00 AM PST by Xenalyte (Everything I need to know, I learned from the Bundys.)
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To: Stoat
“She smoked right up to the end, having her last cigarette just two days before her death.”

Um, two days isn't right before. Two minutes, now . . .
24 posted on 12/15/2004 5:29:16 AM PST by Xenalyte (Everything I need to know, I learned from the Bundys.)
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To: Conspiracy Guy
AARP is a socialist organization. Nursing homes ! I hope I never end up in one either.

I haven't been able to stand the AARP for several years now. And Bill O told us why the other night. This group has got to go!

And I have had experiences lately with the MIL and hospitals and nurshing homes. Not a good place to end up in.

25 posted on 12/15/2004 5:31:05 AM PST by SheLion (Only 9 more days until Christmas Eve!!!)
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To: SheLion

I started getting AARP invitations after my 49th birthday. I keep throwing it in the trash finally at 50 I responded with a rant about the socialist nature or AARP and how I would never associate with them and they quit sending me crap.


26 posted on 12/15/2004 5:36:56 AM PST by Conspiracy Guy (Proud member of Generation Jones. Born Jan 15, 1954. I was not a hippy or a liberal.)
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To: Stoat
Another premature death due to smoking bump

Smoking and survival in centenarians

27 posted on 12/15/2004 5:41:24 AM PST by qam1 (Anyone who was born in New Jersey should not be allowed to drive at night or on hills.)
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To: martin_fierro; Tijeras_Slim
"CIGGIE-loving Marie Ellis was laid to rest yesterday — after living to 105 despite smoking nearly half a million fags."
28 posted on 12/15/2004 5:42:52 AM PST by Constitution Day
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To: Stoat

...and millions of 'em never made 60.


29 posted on 12/15/2004 5:44:12 AM PST by JimRed (Investigate, overturn and prosecute vote fraud; turn more counties red!)
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To: Stoat
So the moral of this story is...

Eat, drink, smoke, be merry...

We're all going to die of something someday anyway...and most of us have no idea when.

Live it up!

30 posted on 12/15/2004 5:48:55 AM PST by Allegra (5 days until I'm home!)
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To: Conspiracy Guy
I started getting AARP invitations after my 49th birthday. I keep throwing it in the trash finally at 50 I responded with a rant about the socialist nature or AARP and how I would never associate with them and they quit sending me crap.

We reach the point where "Enough is enough!" I get that mail from them too. Just hate it. I don't even open the envelope.

31 posted on 12/15/2004 5:50:43 AM PST by SheLion (Only 9 more days until Christmas Eve!!!)
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To: SheLion; Conspiracy Guy
We reach the point where "Enough is enough!" I get that mail from them too. Just hate it. I don't even open the envelope.

Me too. Maybe we have the nucleus for an anti aarp group. I usually dump their stuff straight into the trash, right before I empty the ash tray.

32 posted on 12/15/2004 6:03:06 AM PST by Kay Syrah (nice finish)
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To: OpusatFR

My grandmother lived to 100, and only quit smoking because she moved in with my mother, who had a congenital lung disorder. When my brother asked why she waited until age 97 to quit smoking, she said, "Son, those things will kill you!"

Genetics has to be at least part of the answer - "peasant stock" - but my mother apparently didn't inherit those particular genes, having passed on at the tender age of 84.

I may have some of them, because when I had a chest x-ray at 48, the doctor couldn't believe I was a smoker. So I quit while I was ahead. I'd been smoking since I was 14.


33 posted on 12/15/2004 6:05:15 AM PST by Marauder (Show me a liberal and I'll show you a sick individual.)
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To: SheLion

Send them a nasty gram and they will leave you alone. Mine was like,

Dear Socialist Geezer Patrol,

I do not wish to support your crappy organization and would deeply appreciate you removing me from your mailing list. Do it now before I file harrassment charges.

Sincerely

My Name Here


34 posted on 12/15/2004 6:08:33 AM PST by Conspiracy Guy (Boycott Boycotts Warrior. If you aint buying call me!)
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To: Kay Syrah

Send them a reply. It worked for me.


35 posted on 12/15/2004 6:10:33 AM PST by Conspiracy Guy (Boycott Boycotts Warrior. If you aint buying call me!)
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To: Kay Syrah
Me too. Maybe we have the nucleus for an anti aarp group. I usually dump their stuff straight into the trash, right before I empty the ash tray.


36 posted on 12/15/2004 6:17:59 AM PST by SheLion (Only 9 more days until Christmas Eve!!!)
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To: Stoat

You don't inhale cigar smoke. You puff :-) My father died when he was almost 80 not from cancer but chemotherapy!


37 posted on 12/15/2004 6:19:10 AM PST by cyborg (http://www.zimbabwesituation.com/flamelily.html)
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To: Conspiracy Guy
Send them a nasty gram and they will leave you alone. Mine was like,

Good idea! I copied your words for future use.

38 posted on 12/15/2004 6:19:42 AM PST by SheLion (Only 9 more days until Christmas Eve!!!)
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To: Conspiracy Guy; SheLion

Actually, haven't heard from them in a while. But if I do, I'll give it a try. They are such an annoying bunch.

I'm ok with getting older, just not with getting gimmier.


39 posted on 12/15/2004 6:22:02 AM PST by Kay Syrah (nice finish)
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