SUPER MAN

Healthy and with it, 110-year-old Robert Wiener is a medical marvel. Bruce Grierson explores the mysteries that lie behind his superlongevity

CELEBRATING DR. ROBERT WIENER’S birthday is always tricky. Because it falls on the same day as the death of his beloved daughter Lois, he often prefers to forget the day as it rolls by. But 2018 was a Big One; there had to be a party. There was talk of going out to Nick’s for burgers, but Dr. Wiener – “Bob” to his friends – said he’d prefer to stay inside the seniors residence in the Montreal borough of Westmount. The little library was set aside for the family to muster in. Wiener has outlived all his siblings, but sons Ken and Neil would be there, and cousin Harvey and niece Shoshana were flying in from Florida and Halifax. It was a bit of a to-do. So Wiener would have to front-load…

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Zoomer (Digital) - 1 Issue, March 2019

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