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(Important Update: Mrs. Emma Tillman died on Jan. 24, 2007)
Oldest Living Person Dies and American Woman Takes
the Title
New oldest living person, Emma Faust Tillman, just
became oldest woman on January 18
 January
24, 2007 Emiliano Mercado del Torro, the oldest living person in the
world has died at 115 years of age. He was also the oldest living U.S.
army veteran. Del Torro had been the world's oldest living man since
Nov. 19, 2004, but only gained the title for both sexes on December 11,
2006, when Elizabeth "Lizzie" Bolden of Tennessee died at 116.
Del Torro died at his home on the northern coast of
Puerto Rico, his grandniece, Dolores Martinez told The Associated Press.
"He died like a little angel," Martinez said.
 Now, Emma Faust Tillman, an 114-year-old American,
who was once a servant for actress Katharine Hepburn, adds the title of
oldest living person to being the oldest living woman. She became the
oldest female only a few days ago January 18 on the death of
Canada's Julie Winnefred Bertrand, who was115.
Del Toro lived in Isabela, Puerto Rico, and was
born on Aug. 21, 1891 in Red Cabo. He was born the same year in which
Thomas Edison patented the radio.
He never married and had no children.
"We're all crying, but we knew this day would
come," town spokeswoman Rosa Luciano told the AP.
The new title holder, Tillman, born November 22,
1892 in Gibsonville, North Carolina, was one of 23 children born to
emancipated slaves.
She was born in 1892 to sharecroppers on the Faust
Plantation. Alphonso, Emma`s father, was the son of a female slave and
the plantation owner, Cane Faust, and, as was common in those days, he
took Faust as his last name. Emma`s mother, Martha Gibson Faust, of
Native American heritage, was also born into slavery. The family moved
to Connecticut in 1900.
Four of Emma`s siblings lived past 100, including a
sister, Ava, who died at 102 in 1983, and a brother, Eugene, who died at
108 in 1996, reports Wikipedia. Another sister died at 105 in 2005, and
another one at 102 in the 1980s.
She is now the oldest living person in the U.S.,
oldest living woman in the world as well as the oldest person in the
world as far as accepted validation has determined.
Tillman currently resides at an assisted living
center in East Hartford, Connecticut, accoding to Wikipedia.
>> For full list of
supercentenarians -
Gerontology Research Group Supercentenarian Records
>>
click for more of the Julie Bertrand story at Wikipedia.
>>
click here for more of the Emma Tillman story at Wikipedia
>>
Guinness Word Records
>> More about Centenarians at
http://www.genarians.com/
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Julie Bertrand, also oldest living Canadian, held
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January 20, 2007 Julie Winnefred Bertrand, the
oldest living woman in the world and oldest living Canadian, died on
January 18. The 115-year-old from Quebec held the Guinness World Record
as oldest living woman for just a few weeks, attaining the title on
December 11, 2006. Emma Faust Tillman, a 114-year-old American, who was
once a servant for actress Katharine Hepburn, not takes the title, which
was held by another Afro-American woman from the U.S., Elizabeth Bolden,
until she died at 116 last December.
America's Lizzie Bolden Dies at 116 as World's
Oldest Person
Oldest person now Puerto Rican man who is also
oldest living U.S. veteran
December
12, 2006 Elizabeth "Lizzie" Bolden, maybe the only person ever to be
declared the "oldest living person" in the world on two occasions, died
yesterday in a Tennessee nursing home at the age of 116. The new title
holder is Emiliano Mercado del Toro of Puerto Rico, already recognized
as the oldest living man in the world, who was listed yesterday by the
Gerontology Research Group as being 115 years and 112 days old. Del Toro
is also the oldest living U.S. veteran. (Read more below this news
story.) Read
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American Becomes Oldest Living Person in the World
for Second Time
Replaces woman from Ecuador who died days short of
117th birthday
 August 29, 2006 An American woman, Elizabeth
"Lizzie" Bolden, has become the oldest living woman and
person in the world - for the second time. This time she was given the
title as the result of the death on August 27 of Maria Esther Capovilla
of Ecuador, who was found to be older than Bolden last December and
given the recognition Bolden had held since last August.
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Puerto Rican is Oldest Living Man and
Oldest U.S. Veteran
March 2, 2005 SeniorJournal.com missed
the announcement in January that Emiliano Mercado Del Toro of Puerto
Rico was named the worlds oldest living man at 113, replacing Fred
Hale, who died on Nov. 19, 2004. Del Toro is also the oldest living U.S.
veteran, having served two months in the U.S. Army during Word War I.
Read more...
Ecuador Grabs Oldest Person Crown from U.S.
Guinness confirms 116 year old as oldest but Chicago
woman may be 118
 Dec. 20, 2005 Major changes are occurring in the
list of supercenternarians and oldest living people of the world, as a
116 year old woman from Ecuador is given the title of "oldest" by
Guinness World Records, displacing American Elizabeth "Lizzie" Bolden,
who is just 115. The battle is not over, however, as a woman in Chicago
is alleged to be 118.
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American Woman Becomes Worlds Oldest Living Person
U.S. now holds top three spots on list of oldest
people
Aug. 31, 2005 An American woman, Elizabeth
"Lizzie" Bolden, 115 years and 14 days old, has officially become the
oldest living person and woman in the world, according to an
announcement by the Guinness World Records. The previous title holder,
Hendrikje Van Andel-Schipper of the Netherlands, died in her sleep at 2
a.m. yesterday. She was 115 years and 62 days old.
Read more...
Fourth Oldest American Dies at 113
 M. Gladys Swetland was listed as 9th oldest in the
world
Dec. 20, 2005 M. Gladys Swetland, who celebrated
her 113th birthday on April 21, 2005, by playing the piano for family
and friends, passed away on December 14 after achieving recognition as
the ninth oldest person in the world and the fourth oldest in the U.S.
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Health, United States, 2005
U.S. Has Been Getting Older, But We Haven't Seen
Anything, Yet
Starting January 1 a baby boomer will turn 60 every
7.5 seconds
By
Tucker Sutherland, editor
Dec. 9, 2005 On January 1 baby boomers will begin
turning 60 at the rate of about one every 7.5 seconds. They will begin
to swell the already booming ranks of older Americans. These post-WWII
children have long been the focus of America but we have not seen
anything yet that will compare with their impact as they begin to draw
from Social Security, use Medicare and swamp the healthcare system with
the ailments associated with aging.
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More People are Living Longer but None Has Reached
123
U.S. leads the world with four oldest people
including women and a Puerto Rican man
By Tucker Sutherland, editor
Dec. 3, 2005 The Yemen Observer reported last
week on a man there that claims to be 130 years old. There is apparently
no way to verify his age and Saeed Bin Saeed Al-Humri will most likely
disappear among many others, particularly from countries that did little
years ago to document births, who have claimed to be the oldest living
person. Officially, no person has ever celebrated a 123rd birthday.
Read more...
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