C. Edward Fischer, 100; Author of 1978 Pamphlet About How to Live to Be 100
C. Edward Fischer, who 13 years ago wrote a pamphlet titled “How to Live to Be 100 Years of Age,” is dead--at the age of 100.
Fischer’s 1978 pamphlet outlined a series of simple exercises to improve the circulatory system. Fischer, who performed the exercises for more than 75 years, also recommended moderation in eating, drinking and other activities.
“He was a remarkable guy,” said a friend, Jerry Hurter.
Hurter said Fischer, who died Thursday of undisclosed causes, had been near death in 1974 when he suffered an illness that left him in a coma for five weeks.
Friends and relatives had given up hope of Fischer’s survival, but one day Hurter’s wife felt him exert a small pressure on her hand, Hurter said.
“She knew he was alive and he survived,” Hurter said.
Fischer, a former bank examiner for the Federal Reserve system, celebrated his 100th birthday July 23.
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