Florida woman, 105, recalls life of dance, drink and song

Helen Granier of Palm Harbor, Florida, has enjoyed good times during her 105 years.

PALM HARBOR, Fla. — A 105-year-old Florida woman said she has no secret to longevity.

"I never expected to live this long," Helen Granier of Palm Harbor told WTSP. "No one in my family ever did. I don't know (what the secret is)!"

“I used to drink beer and I smoked and everything,” Granier told WTSP. “I stayed out late, you know, dancing, and then I would go to work."

Granier celebrated her birthday Friday at Coral Oaks Independent Living Facility, where she has lived the past nine years.

She reminisced about her life and how she went against the grain in her younger days.