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World's oldest person dies in Italy

───   07:26 Sun, 16 Apr 2017

World's oldest person dies in Italy | News Article
Emma Morano (CTV News)

Verbania - The world's oldest person has died in Italy at the age of 117.


Emma Morano was born on 29 November 1899 in the Piedmont region of Italy. 

She was officially the last person born in the 1800s still living. 

BBC reports she had attributed her longevity to her genetics and a diet of three eggs a day, two of them raw. Morano was the oldest of eight siblings, all of whom she has outlived. 

She died at her home in the northern city of Verbania. 

Her life not only spanned three centuries but also survived an abusive marriage, the loss of her only son, two World Wars and more than 90 Italian governments.


BBC


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