World’s oldest person dies at the age of 116

ELIZABETH “Lizzie” Bolden, recognised as the world’s oldest person, has died at 116.

Ms Bolden, who died on Monday, was born on August 15, 1890, according to the Gerontology Research Group, a Los Angeles-based group that tracks the ages of the world’s oldest people.

Guinness World Records recognised Ms Bolden as the oldest person in August after the death of Ecuador’s Maria Ester de Capovilla, who previously was listed as the oldest.