Oldest Person Dies at 114 in Puerto Rico

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=9&u=/ap/20040531/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/obit_oldest_person

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Ramona Trinidad Iglesias Jordan, who at age 114 was recognized as the world's oldest person, has died after a bout with pneumonia, her family said Monday.

Iglesias died Saturday in a nursing home in San Juan, said Rene Matos, a great nephew who lives in El Paso, Texas. She was three months from turning 115.

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A baptismal certificate showed Iglesias was born Aug. 31, 1889, while a birth certificate issued in 1948 showed her birth date as Sept. 1, 1889

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Her death could make Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper, 113, of the Netherlands the oldest living person, according to news reports. She was born in Smilde on June 29, 1890.

[Stew225]

1. what a shock it must have been

for the family! Sorry, I couldn't resist.

However, I seem to see all kinds of articles about "the world's oldest person" dying. I wonder who's on deck now.