The Lawyer Who Bet on Jeanne Calment’s Death — and Lost
Jeanne Calment’s viager contract — a French property deal where the buyer pays until the seller dies — seemed routine in 1965. She was 90, he was 47. She lived to 122, outlasting him and forcing his estate to pay more than double the apartment’s value. A historical twist that really happened — documented, ironic, unforgettable.
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