Bob Zeidler wrote:

>Richard Pennycuick ([log in to unmask]) writes:
>
>>Does anyone know of any other 100+-year-old composers? >
>
>While more than "just" a composer, Nicolas Slonimsky lived for more than
>101 years (from 27 April 1894 to 25 December 1995).
>
>And, yes, the reports that state that Leo Ornstein exceeded 100 are
>reliable.

You may not consider him to fall exactly under your criterion, but the
jazz pianist Eubie Blake lived to over 100 and, on his 100th birthday,
made the memorable remark: "If I'd known I was going to live so long,
I'd have taken better care of myself."

Deryk Barker
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