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posted by takyon on Saturday May 14 2016, @06:00AM   Printer-friendly
from the three-centuries dept.

AFP via the ABC reports on the death of Susannah Mushatt Jones, who had been the oldest living person. A spokesperson for the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) said of Ms. Jones:

She liked bacon and eggs, she liked to sleep a lot, she didn't drink and smoke, she did marry but she didn't have any kids.

She was born on 6 July 1899 in the U.S. state of Alabama, and died in a nursing home in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. On her 106th birthday she had said:

I surround myself with love and positive energy. That's the key to long life and happiness.

takyon: The current oldest living person is the last living person born in the 19th century 1800s.

Further information:
GRG World Supercentenarian Rankings List
Biography of Jeanne Calment, oldest person ever

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 14 2016, @06:32AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 14 2016, @06:32AM (#345993)

    The wikipedia link shows three people left born in the nineteenth century, the final year of which was 1900

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 14 2016, @11:00AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 14 2016, @11:00AM (#346034)

    That definition of a century is only used by fools who believe imperial measurements are best. Very strong correlation with believing ina big man up un the sky too.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 14 2016, @01:39PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 14 2016, @01:39PM (#346059)

      No, that definition is for those of us who know how to count. It is really very simple. A century has 100 years. A decade has 10 years.

      Why you fucking idiots can't understand that is beyond me.