World’s oldest person dies aged 116

Jeralean Talley, the world’s oldest-known person, has died in Michigan, 26 days after her 116th birthday, a family spokeswoman said.

Born on May 23, 1899, Talley was declared oldest by the Gerontology Research Group, which validates ages, after Gertrude Weaver died at 116, in Arkansas, in April.

Talley died on Wednesday night in her home in Inkster, a Detroit suburb, which she shared with her daughter, Thelma Holloway, 77, said Christonna Campbell, a family spokeswoman.