Hum Posted August 28, 2006 Share Posted August 28, 2006 QUITO, Ecuador (AP) -- Maria Esther de Capovilla, believed to be the world's oldest person, has died at 116, her granddaughter said. Catherine Capovilla, 46, a property manager and real estate agent in Miami, said Capovilla died Sunday at 3 a.m. local time in a hospital in the coastal city of Guayaquil. She died two days after coming down with pneumonia. Her funeral was planned for Monday. Born on September 14, 1889 -- the same year as Charlie Chaplin and Adolf Hitler -- Capovilla was married in 1917 and widowed in 1949. Robert Young, senior consultant for Gerontology for Guinness World Records, said Elizabeth Bolden of Memphis, Tennessee, now appears to be the oldest person alive. "Guinness World Records will have to make an official announcement from London," he said. "For all practical purposes, the next oldest person is going to be presumed to be Elizabeth Bolden. She is 116, but she was born 11 months after Capovilla." Capovilla was confirmed as the oldest living person on December 9, 2005, after her family sent details of her birth and marriage certificates to the British-based publisher. Emiliano Mercado Del Toro, of Puerto Rico, retains the title as oldest man at 114. Three of Capovilla's five children -- Irma, Hilda, and son Anibal -- are still alive, along with 12 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren, Catherine Capovilla told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. In her youth, Capovilla liked to embroider, paint, play piano and dance the waltz at parties, the family said. She always ate three meals a day and never smoked or drank hard liquor. "Only a small cup of wine with lunch and nothing more," Irma told AP last December. For the past 20 years, Capovilla had lived with elder daughter, Hilda, and son-in-law, Martin. source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightwind Hawk Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 :blink: What about this story? https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=488992 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toology Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 :blink: What about this story? https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=488992 Read the 5th paragraph of this article. He is mentioned above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DemonicHawk Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 he had a good life :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hum Posted August 29, 2006 Author Share Posted August 29, 2006 :blink: What about this story? https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=488992 ^ Yeah, there seems to be a new 'oldest person' every month -- hehe. :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+vlsi0n Subscriber¹ Posted August 29, 2006 Subscriber¹ Share Posted August 29, 2006 Sad.. but maybe time to pass on? At least with our current ageing cells it seems like it would be time to pass on. It's weird, I was just reading that book today and saw these oldest people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slimy Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 At least she died breaking a world record :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldaccount1 Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 ^She didn't BREAK the record, she was just the oldest during THIS time...there have been older people, but they are dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devBrian Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 I would hate to die the oldest on the planet... all of your loved ones gone... I couldn't imagine how lonely that would feel. I can't stand being away from my girlfriend for a day... hell... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGS4-SS Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 Woot! The oldest male is from Puerto Rico! Represent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soham Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 Time is up. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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