American Gertrude weaver who was pronounced the world's oldest person on April 1st is dead. She died on Monday morning from pneumonia complications at the Silver oaks health and rehabilitation Center in the southern state of Arkansas, local TV station KATV reported.
Gertrude Weaver who was 116 years at the time of her death would have turned 117 on July 4. According to the Washington post, Gertrude was well aware of her unique status before her death and enjoyed every bit of attention this status afforded her
“She knew that she was the oldest person in the world, and she enjoyed that distinction greatly. She enjoyed every phone call, every letter, every comment. Everything was read to her,” Kathy Langley, administrator of the Center, told the Post.
She once told an Arkansas newspaper that her longevity was due among other things to “treating everybody good,” the Post said.
Weaver who was born in 1898, the youngest of six children and the daughter of sharecroppers is survived by a son who turns 94years on Tuesday, the Post said.
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