LONGEVITY

Esther, 99 not out, thanks to McDonald's-free diet

At the age of 99, Esther Danes has traveled around the world, raised a family, made a career as a public-health nurse and earned a reputation as a dangerous bridge player around the retirement community where she now lives but she had never eaten a hamburger at McDonald's.
'I've been every place, done everything, but I haven't been to McDonald's,' she said, plucking out a french fry from a Happy Meal combo lunch in front of her.