World's oldest person dies aged 128

[Anarcho-Socialist]

Salvadorans have buried their country's - and possibly the world's - oldest known living person.

Cruz Hernandez, who was 128, according to the government, was born on May 3 1878, according to her government-issued identity card. Community members said she worked as a midwife for years until she turned 100, and was beloved by all in the city of San Agustin, about 60 miles east of the capital San Salvador.

Hernandez did not have a birth certificate, but the government confirmed her age in 2005 after an investigation. If that age was accurate, Hernandez would have been the oldest living woman in the world.

According to the Gerontology Research Group at the America's UCLA School of Medicine, which documents people over 100, the longest-living person was Jeanne Calment, a French woman who was 122 when she died in 1997. On its website the group lists the world's oldest living person as Yone Minagawa of Japan, who was 114 on January 4.

Hernandez is survived by more than 200 relatives, including children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. Nearly 100 people, mostly family, attended the funeral services.

http://news.aol.co.uk/worlds-oldest-person-dies-aged-128/article/20070310025909990001

[Arugula Latte]

1. Holy guacamole. I didn't even know that it was possible to live to that age.

:wow:

On edit: She was already of somewhat advanced years when WWII started.