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Oldest
American dies age 114 BBC
news online A
woman described as the oldest living American and the third oldest person
in the world has died at the age of 114. Elena
Slough passed away in the state of Mrs
Slough, who is believed to have been born in 1888, lived through seven
The
world's oldest person is a Japanese woman Kamato Hongo, who turned 116
last month. The
world's second oldest person is believed to be 114-year-old Mitoyo Kawate,
also Japanese. Mrs
Slough died in her sleep on Sunday at the Victoria Manor Nursing Home in
the resort town of With
her death, the oldest American and third oldest person in the world, is
now Charlotte Benkner of The
German-born woman will turn 114 on 16 November. Last
month, a retired Japanese silkworm breeder believed to have been the
world's oldest man died at the age of 114. Yukichi
Chuganji drank milk every day, but did not consume alcohol. There
are an estimated 15,000 people in The oldest person on record
was a French woman, Jeanne Calment, who was 122 when she died in 1997.
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