Is Happiness not the ultimate path to Long Life?

A lot of us have a very rosy view of the world we are living in. We think that happy people live a longer life since they have few cares to weigh them down. From your own perspective, does it seem true that those you know lived the longest was actually the happiest beings? What about the ones who lived the shortest? Were they exceptionally unsatisfied with life? Can happiness be the key distinguishing factor between the have’s and have-nots in ....