World's Oldest Person
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1 month shy of her 113th birthday, Canada’s oldest person shares some wisdomThe country's oldest living woman, Margaret Romans, was born in Latvia in 1912 and moved to Montreal in 1947. She says she's thankful to be here.CanadaFeb 19, 2025
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The world’s oldest person, Spain’s Maria Branyas, dies at 117"I am old, very old, but not an idiot," read the Catalan grandma's social media bio.TrendingAug 20, 2024
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The world’s oldest person, French nun Sister André, dies at 118French nun Sister André was born on Feb. 11, 1904, and she died only a few weeks before what would have been her 119th birthday.TrendingJan 18, 2023
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Meet the world’s oldest person — 116-year-old Kane TanakaOriginally from Fukuoka, Japan, Tanaka wakes up at 6 a.m. every day and spends her afternoons challenging (and defeating) members of her nursing home's staff to games of Othello.LifestyleMar 9, 2019
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World’s oldest man, 113, dies in JapanThe world’s oldest man has died at his home — a hot springs inn — in northern Japan at the age of 113.TrendingJan 20, 2019
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Japanese woman, said to have been world’s oldest person, dead at 117Chiyo Miyako died Sunday. Her death was confirmed Friday by Kanagawa prefecture, her home state south of Tokyo.WorldJul 27, 2018
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The world’s oldest person, a 117-year-old Japanese woman, has diedThe title of world's oldest person will now go to another Japanese woman, who is due to turn 117 in 10 days.TrendingApr 21, 2018
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97-year-old son of world’s oldest person dies at home in JamaicaThe son of a woman believed to be the oldest person in the world died at their home Wednesday in Jamaica at the ripe old age of 97.LifestyleApr 19, 2017
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117-year-old Jamaican woman now believed to be world’s oldest person"This is what God has given me, so I have to take it, long life."HealthApr 17, 2017
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World’s oldest person dies in Italy at age 117An Italian doctor says Emma Morano, at 117 the world's oldest person, has died in her home in northern Italy.WorldApr 15, 2017
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