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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 02:56 AM
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Group: Oldest living African-American dies at 113
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iBdLIQRxQqEghsDu8536YKOuQjBg?docId=fc753d0075d240bba11838be6f5dc9a6

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — When she turned 113, Mississippi Winn could still stand up on her own and never thought her age was a detriment to her life.

The upbeat former domestic worker from Shreveport, known in the city as "Sweetie," died Friday afternoon at Magnolia Manor Nursing Home, said Milton Carroll, an investigator with the Caddo Parish Coroner's Office. He said he could not release her cause of death.

Winn was believed to be the oldest living African-American in the U.S. and the seventh-oldest living person in the world, said Robert Young of the Gerontology Research Group, which verifies information for Guinness World Records.

Young said Winn was one of two known people left in the United States whose parents both were almost certainly born into slavery because documents show they were born before the end of the Civil War, though her great-niece Mary C. Hollins says Winn never acknowledged that.

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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 03:31 AM
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1. lovely lady
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stevedeshazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 03:39 AM
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2. +1
Imagine still being sharp at age 113.
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Rhiannon12866 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 04:05 AM
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3. K&R! Wow! What an amazing life she led...
And I can't help saying that she certainly doesn't look 113... :silly: O8)
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Swamp Rat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 04:21 AM
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4. RIP Sweetie
O8)
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jberryhill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 10:46 AM
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5. Coincidentally, the world's youngest person was born today!
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DearAbby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 11:16 AM
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6. Beautiful lady.
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jxnmsdemguy65 Donating Member (481 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 12:11 PM
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7. Ms. Winn avoided dairy products....
there are some who believe that consumption of dairy leads to cancer and other diseases.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_Winn

http://www.care2.com/greenliving/red-meat-dairy-linked-to-cancer.html
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