Memphis (Tennessee): Elizabeth "Lizzie" Bolden, recognised as the world's oldest person, died in a nursing home on Monday, the home's administrator said. She was 116.
Bolden was born August 15, 1890, according to the Gerontology Research Group, a Los Angeles organisation that tracks the ages of the world's oldest people.
Guinness World Records recognised Bolden as the oldest person in the world in August after the death of Maria Esther de Capovilla of Ecuador, who also was 116.
Bolden died at the Mid-South Health and Rehabilitation Center, a nursing home where she had been living for several years, said the center's administrator, Charlotte Pierce.
Bolden suffered a stroke in 2004, and her family said that she spoke little after that and slept much of the time.
Family members said this year that Bolden had 40 grandchildren, 75 great-grandchildren, 150 great-great-grandchildren, 220 great-great-great grandchildren and 75 great-great-great-great grandchildren.
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