| Suzanne Olivier-Lassalle | |
 Suzanne Olivier-Lassalle on her 109th birthday in 2020, with one of her great-great-granddaughters. | |
| Birth: | 5 December 1911 Lisieux, Calvados, Normandy, France |
| Death: | 10 June 2022 Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France |
| Age: | 110 years, 189 days |
| Country: |  FRA
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| Unvalidated | |
Suzanne Olivier-Lassalle (née Lassalle; 3 December 1911 – 10 June 2022) was a French supercentenarian whose age is currently unvalidated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).
Biography[]
Suzanne Olivier-Lassalle was born in Lisieux, Calvados, Normandy, France on 3 December 1911. She worked as a housekeeper and a cooker in Paris. In the early 30s, she moved to Cannes, following her boss. On 12 May 1935, she married Jean Gabriel Olivier (1909–1969), a fisher. They divorced in 1948.
Olivier-Lassalle remembers the snow-covered mountains of Le Suquet (in Cannes) during the cold wave of February 1956, and Michel Drucker when he still was a sports journalist. She also remembers having worked for the actress Renee Saint-Cyr.
At the age of 80, Olivier-Lassalle visited New York with her great-granddaughter Sylvie. In her life, she also has visited Texas, the Grand Canyon, seen the NASA spaceships, and travelled to Canada.
In December 2020, Olivier-Lassalle celebrated her 109th birthday with her home helper, her granddaughter, her great-granddaughter, and her great-great-granddaughter. She said: "I'm very well supported and, believe me, they have patience! I'm half deaf, I don't see very well. I have it all, right?" When asked for the secret of her longevity, she replied: "It's the Good Lord who protects me. Well, if you're not believer... I don't criticise, but religion is no laughing matter."
Suzanne Olivier-Lassalle died in Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France on 10 June 2022, at the age of 110 years, 189 days. At the time of her death, she was the fifth-oldest known living person in Provence-Alpes-Cote-d'Azur, behind Lucile Randon, Andre Boite, Aline Blain, and Hermine Saubion. She also was the second-oldest known living person in Alpes-Maritimes department, after Andre Boite.
References[]
- "C’est le Bon Dieu qui me protège": la doyenne de Cannes fête ses 109 ans Nice-Matin, 4 December 2020
- Suzanne 109 ans de bonheur PressReader (Nice-Matin), 4 December 2020
- Suzanne Olivier-Lassalle née Lassalle Les Centenaires Français, 4 December 2020
- Peu d'échos sur la Croisette mais Suzanne Olivier Lassalle est devenue supercentenaire ! Les Centenaires Français, 30 December 2021
- Suzanne Olivier-Lassalle (Lassalle) a largué les amarres Les Centenaires Français, 24 June 2022