A 100-year-old man and a 102-year-old woman who met at their senior living home in Philadelphia ended up falling in love and getting married, earning them a Guinness World Record as the world’s oldest newlyweds.
Guinness World Records confirmed Bernie Littman and Marjorie Fiterman broke the record for the oldest couple to marry (aggregate age) when they tied the knot at the senior living facility where they both reside on May 19.
Littman and Fiterman met at a costume party at the facility and later discovered they had both attended the University of Philadelphia at the same time, but never crossed paths 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 credited his long life to reading and staying up-to-date on world events, while Fiterman attributed her longevity to buttermilk.
“They both love each other’s humor and intellect,” Sicherman told Guinness World Records, “they keep each other young.
