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Jan 31 2007 5 Comments

Leading lady

The staff at Keijuen nursing home in Fukuoka Prefecture whooped and hollered on Monday after hearing that Faust Tillman had finally died, making age-ravaged resident Yone Minagawa the world’s oldest known living person. In fact, barely able to hide their glee at the death of Ms Tillman, nurses hurriedly gave 114-year-old Minagawa-san an over-sized card reading, ‘Congratulations on becoming the world’s number 1’

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Staff member Sumako Katsuki kindly found a bit of time during the festivities to divulge that the home’s star resident still enjoys a happy and rewarding existence, as “when she feels good, she ventures to the dining room by motorised wheelchair.”

Asked how it felt to be the world’s oldest person, Minagawa-san is unfortunately said to have been a little confused, wanting to know what day it was and if that lovely young man Bing Crosby would be coming to visit again.

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  1. Landl says

    1/31/2007 at 6:28 pm

    She doesn’t look a day over 113!!

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  2. Paul says

    1/31/2007 at 9:43 pm

    There’s a card for everything these days isn’t there?

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  3. TigerYogi says

    2/2/2007 at 5:47 am

    Aw, what a sweet, little old lady! 🙂

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  4. Hdr says

    2/7/2007 at 2:32 am

    I would love to be able to take photos of her.

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  5. Okinawa says

    9/19/2007 at 7:03 pm

    Poor lady, she lived a long time. 🙁

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