How old is the world's oldest person?

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The world's official oldest person is 115 years and 4 days old. Edna Parker lives in a retirement community in Shelbyville, Indiana, and was born on April 20, 1893. Parker was born on the same day as silent movie star Harold Lloyd. In the same retirement center also lives Sandy Allen, the tallest woman in the world. At the moment, only 75 people (64 women and 11 men) are recorded to be 110 or older. Japan holds the world record for average longevity, with about 28,000 persons aged over 100. This fact is attributed to the Japanese healthy alimentation and quality medical care. Japan possesses one of the longest average life spans, 85.3 years for women and 78.3 for men. The world's oldest man is also Japanese, Tomoji Tanabe, and is 111 years old, born September 18, 1895. In fact, Parker "received" her title last year from a Japanese woman, Yone Minagawa, born on the 4 of January 1893. Unlike Mianagawa, whose state was relatively precarious (she moved around in a motorized wheelchair and did not hear well), Parker enjoys a better health. The French woman Jeanne Calment, who died in 1997, aged 122, currently holds the world’s absolute longevity record. http://news.softpedia.com/news/World-039-s-Oldest-Person-is-115-Year-Old-84244.shtml Jun 17 08, 4:26 AM

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world's oldest person turns 128. Elizabeath (Ma Pampo) Israel born January 27,1875 in Dominica January 2003 Ma Pampo died in October of that year without ever being recognised as the World's Oldest Person by the Guiness Book of World Records. http://www.thedominican.net/articles/pampo.htm Jun 18 08, 11:15 AM