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She became the oldest known living American in May 2004. [53] Three months later, on the occasion of her 114th birthday, she was presented with a proclamation signed by then Drake University President David Maxwell. [57] The university's Vice President for Institutional Advancement, John Willey, nominated her for an honorary degree. [56]
This is a list of the oldest living people who have been verified to be alive as of the dates of the cited supporting sources. It was estimated in 2015 that between 150 and 600 living people had reached the age of 110. [1]
Naomi Whitehead (née Washington; born September 26, 1910) is an American supercentenarian who has been the oldest living person in the United States since the death of Elizabeth Francis on October 22, 2024. [1]
Naomi Whitehead, 114, is the oldest living person in the US. ... On average, people who have never smoked live about 10 years longer than those who do, according to the American Cancer Society.
A Pennsylvania woman who recently celebrated her 114th birthday is being recognized as the oldest living person in North America — and credits her very long life to abstaining from everyday vices.
Elizabeth Francis is now the oldest living American at age 114 and 217 days after Edie Ceccarelli, the previous oldest living American, died at age 116 on Feb. 22 in California, according to ...
American: Professor of social work [28] Paul Mwazha: M: October 25, 1918: 106 years, 105 days: Zimbabwean: Clergyman [29] Herbert I. Stern: M: December 24, 1918: 106 years, 45 days: American: World War II battalion commander, Holocaust liberator and oldest living West Point graduate [30] Gerd Göran F: January 5, 1919: 106 years, 33 days ...
When asked earlier this year how she felt being the oldest living American, Francis told CNN affiliate KTRK, “I just feel like living every day!”. A life worth celebrating. Born in 1909 in St ...