The world's oldest living person,116-year-old Susannah Mushatt Jones, died yesterday in New York city, a research group said.
Ms Jones' death makes Emma Morano-Martinuzzi, a 116-year-old woman in Italy, the oldest living person, according to the Gerontology Research Group.
Ms Jones, who was born in the southern US state of Alabama in 1899, was the granddaughter of slaves.
She had said that lots of sleep was the secret to her longevity and that she had never smoked or drank alcohol.
The oldest verified person was Jeanne Calment of France, who died in 1997 at 122 years and 164 days, the research group said.
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