Gerwin Klein News Today

ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, today announced the recipients of four prestigious technical awards. Recognizing these individuals is one way ACM educates the wider public about the science behind technologies we use every day.

Asked how she lived so long, the Montreal native, who saw two pandemics and two world wars, attributed her old age to 'good genes and sheer luck'

She reportedly attended courses at Montreals Jewish General Hospital into her 100s, and read the newspaper daily until age 111.

Klein lived through two pandemics and two world wars, and attended education-style courses into her 100s.

Montreal-born centenarian Cecile Edith Klein passed away peacefully on Thursday, Jan. 13. Born in 1907, she lived through many of planet earth’s most defining events. At the age of 114, she was the oldest living Canadian.