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Last Known Person Born in the 19th Century Dies

posted by chromas on Monday April 23 2018, @07:00PM   
from the tennessine dept.

takyon writes:

World's oldest person, last survivor of 19th century, dies in Japan at 117

The century of Lincoln, Darwin and Van Gogh has quietly passed into history with the death of the world's oldest known person and last survivor of the 19th century.

Nabi Tajima, 117, died in a hospital Saturday in Kikai, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan's Kyodo News reported. Tajima had been mostly bedridden at a nursing home in recent years. She was hospitalized about a month ago, family members told the news service.

Also at The Washington Post.

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• Re:How fragile and short-lived we are! (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 23 2018, @07:42PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 23 2018, @07:42PM (#670850)

  That is, 42705 days only, out of which the first 6000 days (16.4 years) were mostly spent drinking milk, doing home work, playing and so on and she had no chance to realize the meaning of life or contemplate other important things.

  Um, I'm pretty sure you're projecting your upbringing on her. Back in 1899 educating children for most of their early years was not high on the list priorities. Putting them to work in the fields, on the farms, in the mines and in the factories was the priority.

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