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Japanese Hatsue Sawada (1903-2014) Validated as Supercentenarian
Hatsue Sawada was a validated Japanese supercentenarian known as the second-oldest person in Toyama Prefecture at the time of her death. Hatsue Sawada was born on 27 June 1903 in Hamakazumi Village...
Japanese Ise Masuda (1905-2015) Validated as Supercentenarian
Ise Masuda was a validated Japanese supercentenarian known as the second-oldest person in Nagasaki Prefecture at the time of her death. Ise Masuda was born on 2 March 1905 in Japan. On her 100th...
Japanese Teru Hatakeyama (1905-2016) Validated as Supercentenarian
Teru Hatakeyama was a validated Japanese supercentenarian known as the oldest living person in Hokkaido at the time of her death. Teru Hatakeyama was born on 20 July 1905 in Miyagi Prefecture,...
Japanese Mizu Aizawa (1913-Present) Validated as Supercentenarian
Mizu Aizawa is a validated Japanese supercentenarian known as the oldest person in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Mizu Aizawa was born on 20 July 1913 in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. On 11 March...
Japanese Mitsu Yamakawa (1906-2016) Validated as Supercentenarian
Mitsu Yamakawa was a validated Japanese supercentenarian known as the oldest person in Hyōgo Prefecture at the time of her passing. Mitsu Yamakawa was born on 21 January 1906 in Japan. On 17 January...
The last of an era? A few “endlings” of bygone centuries
People like tracking ends of eras or major events; Titanic survivors, the fascination with the last survivors of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake or who would be the last person remaining from the...
Ken Weeks, Australia’s oldest man, turned 111
Grafton, New South Wales — Ken Weeks, the oldest living man and person in Australia, recently celebrated his 111th birthday. His birthday was first reported by the Whiddon nursing home on Facebook....
American Camilla Campau (1913-Present) Validated as Supercentenarian
Camilla Campau is a validated American supercentenarian born on 5 October 1913 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. At the age of 15, she left home to join the nuns at “The Convent” at St. Paul on...