World's oldest person has died. Jamaican woman Violet Brown.

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15 Sep 2017, 9:35 pm

The world's oldest living person Jamaican woman Violet Brown has died today. She was 117 years and 189 days old at the time of her death.

http://jamaica-star.com/article/news/20 ... woman-dead

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16 Sep 2017, 1:10 pm

The new world's oldest person is Japanese woman Nabi Tajima who is 117 years and 44 days old.

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16 Sep 2017, 8:15 pm

Violet Brown was also the last living former subject of Queen Victoria (Jamaica was a British colony at the time of her birth)

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16 Sep 2017, 8:42 pm

Man, 117... If you live past 100 and can still function, what do you do? RIP Violet

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16 Sep 2017, 10:18 pm

What was the cause of death?

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17 Sep 2017, 10:09 am

EzraS wrote:

What was the cause of death?

*morbid joke*

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Brown died on 15 September 2017 at a hospital in Montego Bay, Saint James Parish, at the age of 117, after being diagnosed with dehydration and irregular heartbeat a week prior.

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