World’s oldest and tallest women both pass away

Two women, believed to be the world’s oldest and tallest, have died.

World’s oldest and tallest women both pass away
Thu, 06 Dec, 2012 - 00:00
Jenny Jackson

A woman listed as the world’s oldest person has died in a Georgia nursing home at 116.

Besse Cooper died peacefully in Monroe, east of Atlanta, according to her son Sidney.

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