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Edith Rose Ceccarelli (née Recagno, formerly Keenan; February 5, 1908 – February 22, 2024) was an American supercentenarian. [1] At the age of 116 years, 17 days, she was the oldest person living in the United States and was also the second oldest living person in the world after Maria Branyas Morera from Spain.
Susannah Mushatt [4] was born to Callie and Mary Mushatt on July 6, 1899, in Lowndes County, Alabama. [5] [6] She was the third child and oldest daughter of eleven children. [7] Her parents were African-American sharecroppers who farmed the same land as her grandparents. [8]
Ricardo López (1996), Uruguayan-born American stalker who attempted to kill Icelandic singer Björk by sending a letter bomb, gunshot [784] Lu Xiufu (1279), Chinese statesman, bureaucrat and general, murder-suicide by drowning Emperor Bing of Song and himself [785] Lu Zhaolin (684 or 686), Chinese poet, drowning in the Ying River [786]
Maria Branyas Morera, age 117 years and 168 days, died in Spain on Aug. 19, 2024. The U.S. born woman was the eighth-oldest person with a verifiable age in history, according to Guinness World ...
In the wake of Branyas's death, the oldest living person in the world is Japan's Tomiko Itooka, who was born on May 23, 1908 and is 116 years old, according to the U.S. Gerontology Research Group.
Susannah Mushatt Jones was born in the southern U.S. state of Alabama in 1899, and was the daughter of sharecroppers and granddaughter of slaves. World's oldest person dies in New York City, aged ...
Maria Branyas Morera (Catalan: [məˈɾiə ˈβɾaɲəs]; 4 March 1907 – 19 August 2024) was an American-Catalan supercentenarian who, until her death at the age of 117 years, 168 days, was the world's oldest verified living person, following the death of Lucile Randon on 17 January 2023.
Houston, Texas resident Elizabeth Francis, who was the oldest known living person in America, died on Tuesday, Oct. 22, at age 115. At the time of her death, the supercentenarian was the third ...