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On December 5 (UPI), a 100-year-old man and a 102-year-old woman from a Philadelphia senior living home set a Guinness World Record as the world's oldest newlyweds after marrying on May 19.
Bernie Littman and Marjorie Fiterman broke the record for the oldest couple to marry (combined age) when they wed at the facility where they both live.
The couple met at a costume party and later discovered they had attended the University of Pennsylvania at the same time, but never met as students.
Sarah Sicherman, Littman's granddaughter, told the Jewish Chronicle the pair were "so lucky to have found each other and be a support to each other, especially during the pandemic."
She wrote on social media that Littman and Fiterman "both had 60-plus years of marriage to their first spouses and found love again at 100 years old!"
Rabbi Adam Wohlberg, who officiated the ceremony, told Fox News the couple had "eventually reached the point where being not just close friends -- but husband and wife -- felt like the right step to take."
Littman attributed his long life to reading and staying informed, while Fiterman credited buttermilk.
"They both love each other's humor and intellect," Sicherman told Guinness World Records, "they keep each other young."
Source: UPI