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: 2) by mcgrew on Saturday May 14 2016, @02:20PM
The oldest living American is Goldie Michelson, who was eight years old when the Cubs last won the world series and, four or five when electronics were invented a year after the first airplane flew at Kitty Hawk.
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(Score: 2) by Tork on Saturday May 14 2016, @04:48PM
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(Score: 3, Informative) by butthurt on Saturday May 14 2016, @10:04PM
Goldie Michelson was born in Russia and lives in the United States, whilst Marie-Josephine Gaudette (who is older) was born in the United States and lives in Italy.