Number of people who also lived past 117 is three [1].
Sarah Knauss had a fondness for sweets and hated vegetables [2] lived to 119.
Edit: Merely a curio of the people who held number 1 and 2 position of verified oldest people for over two decades.
Apologies, if the post suggested otherwise.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanne_Calment#Health_and_life...
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oldest_people
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Knauss#Health_and_lifest...