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Wednesday, 1 April 2015

World's oldest person dies today at 117

 Misao Okawa, believed to be the world oldest person has died. The Japanese woman died today April 1st of heart failure as she stopped breathing while surrounded by her family at her Osaka nursing home.
Misao caregiver said; she died so peacefully, as if she had just fallen asleep."
Her dead came a few weeks after celebrating her 117th birthday.
Okawa was born in Osaka, Japan on March 5, 1898 and was recognized as the world's oldest person by Guinness World Records in 2013. She got married in 1919, had three children who are all dead.
She lost her husband in 1931 and was survived by four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Photos from here last birthday:
But I know we have people far older than this woman in this our Nigeria just that they might not even know their age.lolzz!

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