16-09-2017, 08:52 AM
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Worlds oldest person dies
The oldest person in the world, Violent Brown, has died at the age of 117.
Mrs Brown was born on March 10, 1900, just a few miles from her fellow Jamaican Usain Bolt.
She was the first ever verified supercentenarian from Jamaica - and the oldest verified Jamaican person ever.
Mrs Brown was born when Jamaica was a part of the British Empire, making her the last living former subject of Queen Victoria who died in January 1901.
Prime Minister of Jamaica Andrew Holness revealed she had died on Friday night, tweeting: "Our oldest person in the world Mrs. Violet Mosse-Brown has died.
"She was 117 years old. Rest In Peace Mrs Mosse-Brown"
It also reported last May that her 96-year-old son, Harold Fairweather, is widely believed to be the oldest person with a living parent.
Mrs Brown took over the title of the oldest living woman in the world from Emma Morano - who died aged 117 years and 137 days.
She put her longevity down to eating three eggs a day - one cooked and two raw eggs every day since the age of 20 after a doctor diagnosed her with anemia.
Emma was also the last surviving person in the world born in the 1800s - and credited eating small amounts of minced meat and only having milk for supper for helping her live longer.
16-09-2017, 12:29 PM
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Re: Worlds oldest person dies
I wouldn't want to live to that age, I would imagine you would be very, very limited in what you could do. I would hate to have to rely on someome else to do this, that and the other for me.I would problably sit in the chair wondering why the Grim Reaper had overlooked me
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