Who was the oldest living person and what age did he/she die?

Jeanne Calment, who died in 1997 and lived to be 122 years and 164 days old and is from France. The second longest living person is from America, and was named Sarah Knauss. She died in 1999, but lived to be 119 years and 97 days old :) Also, I know this is an old question but I came across it and wanted to answer it lol

they united the colonies in their fight against the british.