World's oldest person dies

A Portuguese woman thought to be the world’s oldest living person died aged 115 today.

A Portuguese woman thought to be the world’s oldest living person died aged 115 today.

Maria de Jesus, who was born on September 10, 1893 and was listed by the Guinness Book of World Records and the Gerontology Research Group as the world’s oldest person, died in an ambulance near the town of Tomar.

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