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World's oldest newlyweds: How a 100-year-old man, his 102-year-old bride found love and made history

World's oldest newlywed couple. [Courtesy, Agency/Guinness World Records]

World's oldest newlyweds: How a 100-year-old man, his 102-year-old bride found love and made history

While Ibrahim Mbogo, 95, and Tabitha Wangui, 90 were saying "I do" at a picturesque white wedding in Mukurweni, Nyeri, last year, in celebration of their 65-year-old love, Bernard Littman, 100, and Marjorie Fiterman 102 were marking their nine-year-old love at their Philaphedia, US, nursing home.

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