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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
World
Ramon Antonio Vargas

World’s longest-married couple reveals key to a lasting relationship: ‘We love each other’

a women sitting next to a hospital bed
Eleanor and Lyle Gittens, world’s longest-married couple, in Miami in November 2025. Photograph: LongeviQuest

A Miami husband and wife who recently attained the title of world’s longest-married couple say they managed that feat just by loving one another.

“We love each other,” Eleanor Gittens, 107, said to LongeviQuest when the website specializing on people who are in their second century of life asked what was the secret to her 83 years of marriage to her husband, Lyle.

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