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Why do Georgia women live so long?

Supercentenarians thrive in state

Dr. Leila Denmark, a Portal native, is shown visiting with her own physician, Dr. Charles Braucher Jr., in 2008. Denmark, a pediatrician who died in 2012 at the age of 114, blazed trails for other women in Georgia medicine, and her health advice became famous far beyond the state.

elder — Dr. Leila Denmark, a Portal native, is shown visiting with her own physician, Dr. Charles Braucher Jr., in 2008. Denmark, a pediatrician who died in 2012 at the age of 114, blazed trails for other women in Georgia medicine, and her health advice became famous far beyond the state.

Late last year, when Maggie Katie Brown Kidd of Clayton County celebrated her 114th birthday, news reports described her as the oldest living Georgian, the oldest living African-American and the 10th-oldest person in the world.

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