Edna Parker, who became the world’s oldest person more than a year ago, has died in the US at the age of 115.

Edna Parker, who became the world’s oldest person more than a year ago, has died in the US at the age of 115.

The world’s oldest person has dies in a nursing home in Japan at the age of 114, an official said today.

At 111, Japan's Tomoji Tanabe is the world's oldest man and has no plans to surrender his title.

Emma Faust Tillman, whose life spanned three centuries and 21 US presidencies, died last night at a nursing home in Hartford, Connecticut, the facility’s administrator said.