Gunnison Valley News | 1920-10-08 | Page 7 | Parr's Great Age Discredited

Parr's Great Age Discredited. Is it worth while, when money is needed for legitimate objects, -to answer an-swer the appeal to save from sale the cottage in which Thomas Parr lived? His claim to fame is that he lived to be 152 and that he did penance for immorality im-morality at 100. Careful inquiry last century discredited the tradition as to the number of bis years. His age was attested only by village gossip and by quacks, who sold what they falsely called "Parr's Life Pills." Brought to court in what was alleged to be bis 153d year, Parr died in t lie course of a few months, killed by excessive diet. London Mail.