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World's oldest person dies

By Suzannah Ramsdale  on Friday 28 November 2008

Marie Claire world news: Edna Parker

The world's oldest person has died at the age of 115.

Edna Parker from Indianna, USA, died of a heart attack in her nursing home on Wednesday.

Mrs Parker was widowed when she was 48 and even outlived her two sons.

And what was her secret to such a long and active life? She didn't smoke or drink alcohol.

The oldest living person in the world is now though to be 115-year-old Maria de Jesus from Portugal.

 

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Friday 28 November 2008

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