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2 Women Celebrating 102nd Birthdays Offer Advice On Living A Long Life

TAMPA (CBS) -- Two women in Tampa are celebrating milestone birthdays.

They just turned 102 years old! Both were born on the exact same day in 1915.

They met recently after a TV station in Tampa sent a photographer to the birthday party one of them was celebrating. But the photographer accidentally went to the other 102-year-old's birthday.

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After becoming connected by that mistake, the two women decided to chat by phone.

They also offered some tips on how to live a long life.

"I had my first cigarette when I was 12 years old, I didn't like the taste and that was it," said Mary Torre. "Drink? I like a drink once in a while."

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"Just love everybody and treat everybody right," said St. Elmo Burnett.

They also suggest prayer, keeping busy, and staying close to family!

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