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Oldest known person in the world dies aged 116

The Newsroom

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Born on an Alabama farm in July 1899, Susannah Mushatt Jones was also the last living American born in the 19th Century. Nick Miles looks back at the events that defined her times. (Photo: Susannah Mushatt Jones is wheeled into a celebration for her 116th birthday with family members, local dignitaries, and friends in New York on July 7, 2015. Credit: Reuters)

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