Gertrude Weaver facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Gertrude Weaver
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Gertrude Weaver
July 4, 1898 |
| Died | April 6, 2015 (aged 116 years, 276 days) Camden, Arkansas, United States
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| Known for | Oldest living person |
Gertrude Weaver (July 4, 1898 – April 6, 2015) was an American supercentenarian. She was born in Arkansas near the border with Texas. Weaver was the verified oldest living person in the world from April 1 to April 6, 2015.
She became the oldest living person in the United States upon the death of Dina Manfredini on December 17, 2012, and became the oldest living person in the world on April 1, 2015 following the death of Japanese woman Misao Okawa. At the time of her death in April 2015, she was the seventh verified oldest person ever, and the third oldest person ever from the United States, after Sarah Knauss and Lucy Hannah.
On April 6, 2015, Gertrude Weaver died in Silver Oaks Health and Rehabilitation Center at the age of 116 from pneumonia.
| Preceded by Misao Okawa |
Oldest verified living person April 1, 2015 – April 6, 2015 |
Succeeded by Jeralean Talley |
Images for kids
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Ann Pouder on her 110th birthday; photograph from June 1919 National Geographic magazine
See also
In Spanish: Gertrude Weaver para niños
