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As the oldest person in the world, Gertrude Weaver was making the best of her time in the limelight. When I called the 116-year-old Arkansas resident two days into her reign on a Friday in early ...
Elizabeth Francis, the oldest living person in the U.S., turned 115 years old. Here's how her lifestyle choices support longevity.
The famed Japanese forward and the lesser-known Uruguayan defender are 58 and 63 years old, respectively. Both continue to go ...
The oldest person in the world has died at 116 years old. ABC News reports that Tomiko Itooka, a Japanese woman was named the world's oldest person by the Guinness Book of World Records, has died.
At 116, Inah Canabarro Lucas is now the world’s oldest person. She is also the 20th oldest person in recorded history. The woman, who is from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, ...
Tomiko Itooka, the oldest person in the world, has died at 116. She was born in Osaka, Japan, in 1908 and is survived by one son, one daughter and five grandchildren.
A 118-year-old nun living in a nursing home in southern France has become the world’s oldest living person, according to the Guinness World Records.
French nun Sister André, the world’s oldest known person, died on Tuesday at the age of 118 in the southern city of Toulon. The city’s mayor, Hubert Falco, announced the news of her death on ...
The world's oldest person, Sister Inah Canabarro Lucas, died this week aged 116 years old. The Brazilian nun was born on June 8, 1908, in São Francisco de Assis, Rio Grande do Sul.
TOKYO — Tomiko Itooka, a Japanese woman who was the world's oldest person according to Guinness World Records, has died, an Ashiya city official said Saturday. She was 116.
Randon was the world’s oldest person until she died at 118, reported Guinness World Records. Nun lived a full life: Taught school, blessed by the Pope, and loved soccer.