World's oldest Person
"World's oldest person" celebrates 128th birthday
Thu May 4
SAN AGUSTIN, El Salvador (Reuters) - Friends and
relatives of Cruz Hernandez gathered on Wednesday to
celebrate her 128th birthday, a milestone that might
make her the world's oldest person.
Hernandez, who relatives say spends most of her time
dozing and no longer speaks, was surrounded by some
200 people at her party, some bearing a cake and
others dressed as Salvadoran mythological heroes.
According to national records, Hernandez was born on
May 3, 1878, in one of the country's central
provinces, where she gave birth to 13 children. She
now has 60 grandchildren, 80 great-grandchildren and
25 great-great grandchildren.
National birth registry officials sent Hernandez's
documents to the Guinness World Records organisation
last year but have yet to hear whether the case was
accepted.
Guinness claims Ecuadorean Maria Esther de Capovilla
is the world's oldest living woman at age 116.
According to the organisation, the longest any woman
has ever lived is 122 years. The oldest man was 120
when he died in 1986.
http://tinyurl.com/ppcft
Thu May 4
SAN AGUSTIN, El Salvador (Reuters) - Friends and
relatives of Cruz Hernandez gathered on Wednesday to
celebrate her 128th birthday, a milestone that might
make her the world's oldest person.
Hernandez, who relatives say spends most of her time
dozing and no longer speaks, was surrounded by some
200 people at her party, some bearing a cake and
others dressed as Salvadoran mythological heroes.
According to national records, Hernandez was born on
May 3, 1878, in one of the country's central
provinces, where she gave birth to 13 children. She
now has 60 grandchildren, 80 great-grandchildren and
25 great-great grandchildren.
National birth registry officials sent Hernandez's
documents to the Guinness World Records organisation
last year but have yet to hear whether the case was
accepted.
Guinness claims Ecuadorean Maria Esther de Capovilla
is the world's oldest living woman at age 116.
According to the organisation, the longest any woman
has ever lived is 122 years. The oldest man was 120
when he died in 1986.
http://tinyurl.com/ppcft
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