World's oldest woman / man

[snopes]

A Quebec woman believed to be the world's oldest person has died at the age of 115.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070119...n_070119192835

[hambubba]

Seems like we get one of these every year...

[MapleLeaf]

Well, once you hit 100 your odds of dying on any given day are probably pretty high. So when we're talking 110+ it's bound to happen a lot.

[snopes]

A 114-year-old Connecticut resident who was born to former slaves in North Carolina has become the world's oldest known woman after the death of a Canadian woman.

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070120/D8MOTSI00.html

[hambubba]

I don't EVER want to be the world's oldest person, they all die.

[Canuckistan]

World's newest oldest person dies at 115.

A 114-year-old Connecticut woman, Emma Faust Tillman, is now believed to be the oldest living person. She was born Nov. 22, 1892.

Funny ... this one says Emiliano Mercado del Toro replaced 116-year-old Elizabeth “Lizzie” Bolden. No mention of the OP.

[Mad Jay]

Originally Posted by hambubba

I don't EVER want to be the world's oldest person, they all die.

Yea. It's horrible. If I ever become the world's oldest person, I will kill myself.

[Thrifty]

Originally Posted by MapleLeaf

Well, once you hit 100 your odds of dying on any given day are probably pretty high. So when we're talking 110+ it's bound to happen a lot.

Kevin Nealon, in his stand up routine, said that his 101 year old grandmother had a near-death experience. But, he said that at that age, just about everything is a near-death experience.

[snopes]

George Francis, the nation's oldest man, who lived through both world wars, man's first walk on the moon and the election of the first black president, has died. He was 112.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...TAM&SECTION=US

[snopes]

The world's oldest living person, Portuguese national Maria de Jesus, has died at the age of 115.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090102...ietydemography

[snopes]

A perky 114-year-old Los Angeles woman is in line to be named the world's oldest woman, Guinness World Records says.

http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2009/01/...3931231013090/

[snopes]

Los Angeles resident Gertrude Baines says she is sick of all the attention she has gotten since becoming the world's oldest person at the age of 114.

http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2009/01/...2451231700002/

[snopes]

The world's oldest person celebrated her 115th birthday in Los Angeles with music, cake and a letter of congratulation from US President Barack Obama.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090406...20090406222948

[snopes]

A recent case of a woman accused of collecting the pension of her dead father, who would have been 111, has sparked an effort to account for all the thousands of centenarians on Japan's rolls. As society changes, many are living, and dying, alone.

http://articles.latimes.com/2010/sep...rians-20100905

[llewtrah]

More than 230,000 Japanese centenarians 'missing'

The Justice Ministry said some of those unaccounted for may have died as long ago as World War II or emigrated, possibly during the post-war turmoil and their details never reported.

Seems the authorities are now concerned that the welfare system is being exploited by dishonest relatives, some claiming benefits for many decades after a person's death.

[snopes]

Though I guess it's in the realm of possibility, I've never heard of anyone referring to their great-great-great grandchildren. I've read some obituaries that referred to a great-great grandchild, and that staggered my mind.

Henry 'Pop' Brown Sr., 98, saw the birth of 379 grandchildren

By the time "Pop," as he was called, died at his home at age 98, he had seen the birth of 10 children and a school's worth of younger offspring: 61 grandchildren, 130 great-grandchildren, 162 great-great-grandchildren, and 26 great-great-great-grandchildren.

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/he...th-921685.html

[Eddylizard]

Mr. Brown's death came as a surprise to the family

He was 98. How much of a surprise could it have been? To quote an old phrase "he'd had his innings".

[ganzfeld]

Originally Posted by snopes

By the time "Pop," as he was called, died at his home at age 98, he had seen the birth of 10 children and a school's worth of younger offspring: 61 grandchildren, 130 great-grandchildren, 162 great-great-grandchildren, and 26 great-great-great-grandchildren.

Damn, that's a hell of a lot of bread winners.

[snopes]

A Guinness World Records representative traveled to a Monroe nursing home to present 114-year-old Besse Cooper her official certificate for being the world's oldest living person.

http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/art...son-besse.html