Elizabeth Bolden - World Oldest Person Dies at 116

1085 Views · January 10 · Filed under world record

Holy cow. She had 40 grandchildren, 75 great-grandchildren, 150 great-great-grandchildren, 220 great-great-great grandchildren and 75 great-great-great-great grandchildren. That’s…uh…seven generations! She died on Dec 11, 2006.

Anyway, that’s not the important point. The key thing is…what’s the secret for living so long?

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Elizabeth (Lizzie) Bolden, recognized as the world’s oldest person, died Monday in a nursing home, the home’s administrator said. She was 116.

Bolden was born Aug. 15, 1890, according to the Gerontology Research Group, a Los Angeles organization that tracks the ages of the world’s oldest people.

Guinness World Records recognized Bolden as the oldest person in the world in August after the death of Maria Esther de Capovilla of Ecuador, who also was 116.

Bolden died at the Mid-South Health and Rehabilitation Center, a nursing home where she had been living for several years, said the centre’ s administrator, Charlotte Pierce. Bolden suffered a stroke in 2004, and her family said she spoke little after that and slept much of the time.

Family members said this year that Bolden had 40 grandchildren, 75 great-grandchildren, 150 great-great-grandchildren, 220 great-great-great grandchildren and 75 great-great-great-great grandchildren.

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