Tuesday, April 7, 2015

World's oldest person dies at age 116 in Arkansas

Weaver

Just days after becoming the world's oldest documented person, 116-year-old Gertrude Weaver died Monday in Arkansas.


Weaver became the oldest person in the world after the death of a 117-year-old Japanese woman last week, according to records kept by the Los Angeles-based Gerontology Research Group. Weaver was born in 1898.



The Williams Funeral Home confirmed Weaver died just after 10 a.m. Monday at the Silver Oaks Health and Rehabilitation Center in Camden, about 100 miles southwest of Little Rock.


Camden Mayor Marie Trisollini chatted with Weaver last week when the supercentenarian's roommate celebrated her 100th birthday. Read more...


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