Longest marriage for a living couple (different sexes)

Longest marriage for a living couple (different sexes)
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Who
Lyle Gittens, Eleanor Gittens
What
83:153 year(s):day(s)
Where
United States (Miami)
When
04 November 2025

The longest marriage for a living couple (different sexes) is 83 years 153 days, by Lyle and Eleanor Gittens (USA), who married on 4 June 1942 in Bradenton, Florida, USA, as of 4 November 2025.

Lyle (108) and Eleanor (107) first met in 1941 as students at Clark Atlanta University. They married in June 1942 and have spent the majority of their lives together living in New York City before moving to Miami to live a few doors down from their daughter.

They have also achieved a record for oldest living married couple (aggregate age) with a combined age of 216 years 132 days.

Both records were verified by supercentenarian research organisation LongeviQuest.