Friday, June 05, 2009

Oldest person dies at 134 - but was she the world's oldest?

SHOOT: Probably not but theoretically easy to establish. Was she around during World War 1 or other historical events. Was she around during the 1918 Pandemic? Not too easy to establish after she is gone. Looking at her picture she looks younger than 130. If she has a 70 year old daughter she probably was around 100 years old. Unlikley she had kids at 50.
clipped from www.sowetan.co.za
Oldest person dies at 134
Limpopo’s oldest citizen has died. Koko Moloko Temo, who was going to turn 135 on July 4, died in her sleep on Tuesday night.

Temo, of Mohodi village in Senwabarwana, is believed to have died of shock after burying one of her two remaining daughters at the weekend. The dead daughter was aged 70.

At the time of her death, Temo was staying with her eldest daughter, who is 80.

Temo was believed to be the world’s oldest person alive by people in Limpopo. But the Guinness World Records was reluctant to recognise her. Instead it recognised Edna Parker from the US, 114, as the oldest person.

 blog it

No comments:

Post a Comment