World's oldest person dies at age 116 (Atlanta, Columbus: living, store, move)

[Columbuskidd92]

(CNN) -- Besse Cooper, the world's oldest person, died Tuesday. She was 116.
Cooper died in Monroe, Georgia, about 45 minutes east of Atlanta.
Her son Sidney said his mother "had a long, good life. She went very easy."
Her best years were when she was in her 80s, he said.
Born August 26, 1896, Besse Cooper gained the distinction of being oldest living human from Guinness World Records in January 2011.
She briefly moved to second on the list when the record keepers found a woman in Brazil who was 48 days older, but Maria Gomes Valentim died in June 2011, just weeks before her 115th birthday.
When asked for her secret, Cooper told the Guinness website: "I mind my own business. And I don't eat junk food."
Only eight people have ever been documented to have lived to age 116.
The oldest person to have ever lived, according to Guinness World Records, was Jeanne Louise Calment. She died in southern France in 1997 at the age of 122.

World's oldest person dies at age 116 - CNN.com

[dichloromethane]

The oldest person in the world was Jeanne Calment of France who was 122 when she died in 1997.

She must've been the oldest LIVING person.

I wonder when the record will be beat.

[Columbuskidd92]

Originally Posted by alphamale

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Respect your elders. You can learn something very important from them.

[rcsteiner]

Originally Posted by Columbuskidd92

Respect your elders. You can learn something very important from them.

...as either a good or a bad example...

[Newsboy]

As someone whose grandmother lived to the age of 101 and would have been 112 this year, I find that remark HIGHLY offensive. Mods please remove (and this one accordingly).

[ja1myn]

Born in 1896, holy crap she must have seen a lot. Rest in peace.

[Iconographer]

Originally Posted by dichloromethane

The oldest person in the world was Jeanne Calment of France who was 122 when she died in 1997.

She must've been the oldest LIVING person.

I wonder when the record will be beat.

I remember a hilarious interview with Jeanne Calment. She was a real corker. She smoked until she was 119 and only quit then because she couldn't see to light her cigarette anymore.
The interviewer was amazed to learn that she once worked in an art supply store and would wait on Vincent Van Gogh. "Yes, I remember him," she remarked, "He was a dirty, smelly, unpleasant man."
Apparently she didn't share the interviewer's sense of awe.

[Columbuskidd92]

Originally Posted by rcsteiner

...as either a good or a bad example...

[MathmanMathman]

Adam lived to 930 years.

Methuselah lived to 969.

[JPD]

And Yoda was 900.