Randy W Posted June 12, 2013 Report Share Posted June 12, 2013 .These articles are both dated June 12, 2013 Oldest Living Person Dies in Japan at 116 World's oldest woman dies in China aged 127 Though official documents said that Luo was born in 1885, international authorities, including Guinness World Records, never recognised her claim to be the oldest person ever to have lived. China did not have a reliable birth certification system at the end of the nineteenth century, and though Luo's birth date was listed on her hukou and identity card, both where issued in recent decades. . . . Jiroemon Kimura, the oldest man to have ever lived, also died this month. Kimura passed away in his home in Kyotango, Japan. He was 116. . . . Luo's county in Guangxi is famous for its residents' longevity. Bama Yao Autonomous County had 81 centenarians in 2011, a rate of 31.7 per 100,000 people, far higher than the global average, which is 7.5 centenarians per 100,000 people. Link to comment
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