| ■ World's Oldest Person Dies | 2010.05.07 |
| The world's oldest person died Sunday, a week before her 115th birthday. Kama Chinen, who was born May 10, 1895, died at her care facility on the Japanese island of Okinawa, the Associated Press reported. She became the world's oldest person last September after the death of 115-year-old Gertrude Baines of California. A French woman, 114-year-old Eugenie Blanchard, is now the oldest living person, according to the Gerontology Research Group. She was born on Feb. 16, 1896, the AP reported. |