A Brazilian woman ranked by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest person died Tuesday at the age of 114.
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01/7/2025 - 6:07 am | View Link - World's oldest woman Tomiko Itooka dies at 116, Guinness World Records announces
The world’s oldest person, Tomiko Itooka, died the night of Dec. 29. She died from natural causes and lived to be 116 years and 220 days old.
01/6/2025 - 5:35 am | View Link - World's oldest person identified as 117-year-old nun who loves soccer
LongeviQuest, an organization that tracks supercentenarians around the globe, released a statement on Saturday declaring Sister Inah Canabarro as the world's oldest person at 117 years old.
01/5/2025 - 9:18 am | View Link - Japanese woman who was the world's oldest person at 116 has died
TOKYO, Japan — Tomiko Itooka, a Japanese woman who was the world’s oldest person according to Guinness World Records, has died, an Ashiya city official said Saturday. She was 116. Yoshitsugu ...
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