U.S. woman now oldest person in the world at 114.

[Bunny]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070125/us_nm/oldest_dc

At 114, U.S. woman becomes world's oldest person

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BOSTON (Reuters) - A Connecticut woman born to former slaves in the decades following the U.S. Civil War has become the world's oldest person, at 114, according to Guinness World Records.

Emma Faust Tillman, born near Greensboro, North Carolina, on November 22, 1892, became the world's oldest person on Wednesday, following the death of Emiliano Mercado del Toro, of Puerto Rico, Guinness said on its Web site.

Karen Chadderton, administrator of the Riverside Health and Rehabilitation Center, where Tillman lives, said until a few months ago Tillman spent much of her time caring for an ailing roommate more than 20 years her junior, who has since died.

"About a month ago, she started feeling less energetic," said Chadderton. "During the morning she has energy, she's up and about, in a wheelchair, but in the afternoon, once she goes to sleep, she doesn't want to be bothered.
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What a cool story.

[johnnie]

1. Holy shit

More power to her, but that is too old for me to wanna be hanging around. I'd be bored out of my gourd.

[liberaldemocrat7]

4. She came into this world 1 year before my deceased grandfather.

Wow, I wish my grandfather would have lived this long. I miss him. He was born in Hungary and because his parents brought him and his brother and 5 sisters to America in the first decade of the 20th century, I live here as a US Citizen.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

2. Wow, her parents were once slaves.

:wow:

[Eugene]

3. self-delete

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

5. Wikipedia says she died 4 days into her, er, "reign."

:(

Now it's a woman from Japan, born in 1893. The 19th century is going away fast.

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

6. Bless her heart - she was born near my city.

[MonkeyFunk]

7. Yeah

"Oldest Person in the World" isn't a crown people wear for very long.

[Richardo]

8. Woo-hoo! We share(d) a birthday.

She was 64 when I was born (!)

[NewJeffCT]

9. local radio here in CT just announced she passed away this morning

Amazingly, she lived on her own until 110.

[AllegroRondo]

10. Just on CNN - shortest time as oldest living person

[Zavulon]

11. She was over 50 when WWII ended and she JUST died?

Incredible.