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Ahead of Respect for the Aged Day: Life Stories of Japan’s Top Three Oldest Residents
Respect for the Aged Day in Japan Every year on the third Monday of September, Japan celebrates Respect for the Aged Day (敬老の日, Keirō no Hi in Japanese), a national holiday dedicated to honoring the...
Tadeusz Lutak, Poland’s Oldest Man, Turns 108
Tadeusz Lutak, a resident of Strzyżów, Podkarpackie Voivodeship, Poland, and the nation's oldest man, celebrated his 108th birthday on 29 August. His birthday was first reported by Nowiny 24....
Norwegian Woman Aslaug Thoresen Dies at 110
Aslaug Thoresen, a resident of Oslo, Norway, and the nation's third-oldest resident, passed away on 22 August, at the age of 110 years, 29 days. Aslaug Thoresen was born on 24 July 1915. At the time...
Mary Harris, America’s Second-Oldest Person, Dies at 114
Mary Harris, a resident of Signal Mountain, Tennessee, and America's second-oldest resident, passed away on 22 August, at the age of 114 years, 101 days. Harris was born in Ithaca, New York, on 13...
American Woman Maxine Schultz Dies at 110
Maxine Schultz, a resident of Rochester, Minnesota, USA, passed away on 27 August, at the age of 110 years, 68 days. Her passing was first reported by Ranfranz and Vine Funeral Homes. Schultz was...
Brazilian Woman Maria José de Vasconcelos Turns 110
Maria José de Vasconcelos, a resident of Cruz, Ceará, Brazil, celebrated her 110th birthday on 27 August. Maria José de Vasconcelos was born in Aranaú, Acaraú, Ceará, Brazil, on 27 August 1915, to...
Meeting Ethel Caterham: The World’s Oldest Living Person at 116
In the quintessential, charming village of Lightwater in Surrey lives a very special person, Ethel Caterham, a person who never set out to be the World’s Oldest Person, nor the oldest ever British...
Brazilian Woman Jandyra Faria dos Santos Turns 111
Jandyra Faria dos Santos, a resident of Serra, Espírito Santo, Brazil, celebrated her 111th birthday on 23 August. Jandyra Faria dos Santos was born in the district of Pendanga in Ibiraçu, Espírito...