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- Henry Kissinger has died at the age of 100, but he had no idea how he lived so long.
- Genetics can play a big role in longevity, and both Kissinger's parents lived to their 90s.
- Maintaining social connections and having a strong routine are also thought to help.
Henry Kissinger, the legendary statesman who helped shape modern geopolitics, is dead at 100.
He seems to have been as surprised as anybody that he made it that far.
In his last TV interview, with Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner , the two touched briefly on the point.
"How I lived to be 100? I don't know. I didn't aim for it," Kissinger told Döpfner.