Kame Nakamura
Kame Nakamura [Japanese: 仲村カメ] was a Japanese supercentenarian whose age was validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).
Kame Nakamura
114 years
Kame Nakamura [Japanese: 仲村カメ] was a Japanese supercentenarian whose age was validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).
Kame Nakamura was born on 8 March 1898 in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. She had four children, and was widowed during the war. Then, she managed a soba shop until age 60.
Nakamura was able to cook on her own until the age of 106, when she suffered a fracture because of a fall.
Following the death of 114-year-old Kama Chinen on 2 May 2010, Nakamura became the oldest living person in Okinawa prefecture.
Kame Nakamura died of senility in a hospital in Okinawa City, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan on 12 September 2012, at the age of 114 years, 188 days. At the time of her death, she was the fourth-oldest living person in Japan, and the sixth-oldest living verified person in the world.
