Rest in Peace, World's Oldest Person
Gertrude Weaver, the world's oldest person, died on Monday at the age of 116. According to staff at the Silver Oaks Health and Rehabilitation Center in Camden, Arkansas where she lived, Weaver died of complications with pneumonia.
Weaver turned 116 on July 4, 2014, and had brazenly invited Barack Obama to her 117th birthday party. When asked for her secret to longevity only last week, Weaver claimed that she treated people well and frequently "sittercised" in order to live a long life.
Staff at Weaver's nursing home told KATV that she died peacefully on Monday morning at 10:12 a.m.
The title of world's oldest person now belongs to Jeralean Talley of Michigan. According to the Gerontology Research Group, Talley is 115 years old. Congratulations!
Rest in peace, Gertrude.
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