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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CourtsPlace: GeorgiaPlace: MonroePlace: east of AtlantaPlace: Johnston, IowaPlace: eastern ChinaPlace: AnhuiPerson: Besse CooperPerson: SidneyPerson: CooperPerson: Maria Gomes ValentinPerson: ValentinPerson: Dina ManfrediniPerson: Yao DefenPerson: YaoOrganisation: Guinness World RecordsOrganisation: Guinness

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