31 December 2012
Rita Levi-Montalcini Dies at 103
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So astonishing was her vitality beyond her hundredth year that many asked the question – did this woman have the secret of eternal life? On 30 December 2012 Levi-Montalcini departed this world so we know the answer to that particular question - but what times she had seen...and made. Here is a glimpse in to the life of one of the most astonishingly gifted people of her time, Rita Levi-Montalcini
As a Jewish European woman her own life took many dramatic turns in the times of Hitler and Mussolini - and beyond.
It was a life which, if depicted in a movie, would have many people incredulous that the makers would think they could get away with something quite so unbelievable.