Oldest Living Person Dies and American Woman Takes the Title

New oldest living person, Emma Faust Tillman, just became oldest woman on January 18

January 24, 2007 – Emiliano Mercado del Torro, the oldest living person in the world has died at 115 years of age. He was also the oldest living U.S. army veteran. Del Torro had been the world's oldest living man since Nov. 19, 2004, but only gained the title for both sexes on December 11, 2006, when Elizabeth "Lizzie" Bolden of Tennessee died at 116. Read more...

America's Emma Tillman is World's Oldest Living Woman after Death of Canadian

Julie Bertrand, also oldest living Canadian, held title for only weeks

	Oldest Woman		Former Title Holder		Oldest Person
	Emma Tillman		Julie Bertrand		Del Toro

January 20, 2007 – Julie Winnefred Bertrand, the oldest living woman in the world and oldest living Canadian, died on January 18. The 115-year-old from Quebec held the Guinness World Record as oldest living woman for just a few weeks, attaining the title on December 11, 2006. Emma Faust Tillman, a 114-year-old American, who was once a servant for actress Katharine Hepburn, not takes the title, which was held by another Afro-American woman from the U.S., Elizabeth Bolden, until she died at 116 last December.

America's Lizzie Bolden Dies at 116 as World's Oldest Person

Oldest person now Puerto Rican man who is also oldest living U.S. veteran

December 12, 2006 – Elizabeth "Lizzie" Bolden, maybe the only person ever to be declared the "oldest living person" in the world on two occasions, died yesterday in a Tennessee nursing home at the age of 116. The new title holder is Emiliano Mercado del Toro of Puerto Rico, already recognized as the oldest living man in the world, who was listed yesterday by the Gerontology Research Group as being 115 years and 112 days old. Del Toro is also the oldest living U.S. veteran. (Read more below this news story.) Read more...

American Becomes Oldest Living Person in the World for Second Time

Replaces woman from Ecuador who died days short of 117th birthday

August 29, 2006 – An American woman, Elizabeth "Lizzie" Bolden, has become the oldest living woman and person in the world - for the second time. This time she was given the title as the result of the death on August 27 of Maria Esther Capovilla of Ecuador, who was found to be older than Bolden last December and given the recognition Bolden had held since last August. Read more...

Ecuador Grabs Oldest Person Crown from U.S.

Guinness confirms 116 year old as oldest but Chicago woman may be 118

Dec. 20, 2005 – Major changes are occurring in the list of supercenternarians and oldest living people of the world, as a 116 year old woman from Ecuador is given the title of "oldest" by Guinness World Records, displacing American Elizabeth "Lizzie" Bolden, who is just 115. The battle is not over, however, as a woman in Chicago is alleged to be 118. Read more...

	Van Andel-Schipper dies at 115

American Woman Becomes World’s Oldest Living Person

U.S. now holds top three spots on list of oldest people

Aug. 31, 2005 – An American woman, Elizabeth "Lizzie" Bolden, 115 years and 14 days old, has officially become the oldest living person and woman in the world, according to an announcement by the Guinness World Records. The previous title holder, Hendrikje Van Andel-Schipper of the Netherlands, died in her sleep at 2 a.m. yesterday. She was 115 years and 62 days old. Read more...

Fourth Oldest American Dies at 113

M. Gladys Swetland was listed as 9th oldest in the world

Dec. 20, 2005 – M. Gladys Swetland, who celebrated her 113th birthday on April 21, 2005, by playing the piano for family and friends, passed away on December 14 after achieving recognition as the ninth oldest person in the world and the fourth oldest in the U.S. Read more...

Health, United States, 2005

U.S. Has Been Getting Older, But We Haven't Seen Anything, Yet

Starting January 1 a baby boomer will turn 60 every 7.5 seconds

By Tucker Sutherland, editor

Dec. 9, 2005 – On January 1 baby boomers will begin turning 60 at the rate of about one every 7.5 seconds. They will begin to swell the already booming ranks of older Americans. These post-WWII children have long been the focus of America but we have not seen anything yet that will compare with their impact as they begin to draw from Social Security, use Medicare and swamp the healthcare system with the ailments associated with aging. Read more...

	Is he 130?

More People are Living Longer but None Has Reached 123

U.S. leads the world with four oldest people including women and a Puerto Rican man

By Tucker Sutherland, editor

Dec. 3, 2005 – The Yemen Observer reported last week on a man there that claims to be 130 years old. There is apparently no way to verify his age and Saeed Bin Saeed Al-Humri will most likely disappear among many others, particularly from countries that did little years ago to document births, who have claimed to be the oldest living person. Officially, no person has ever celebrated a 123rd birthday. Read more...