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World's oldest person dies at 114

news.com.au — The world's oldest person, a Japanese woman who counted eating well and getting rest as her hobbies, has died aged 114. Yone Minagawa, a widow who lived in a nursing home but was still sprightly late in life, died “of old age” yesterday.

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  • sixthplanet, on 10/10/2007, -1/+68Another Supercentenarian cut down in her prime.
    • hexx54, on 10/10/2007, -9/+4Nothing more to say then R.I.P
      • HBNDonut, on 10/10/2007, -3/+6THAN, NOT THEN!
        THAN, NOT THEN!
        THAN, NOT THEN!!!!!
      • Classico, on 10/10/2007, -4/+2Holi craep diude, keep clam, thei maed a honesty mistak!
    • vypergts, on 10/10/2007, -1/+64On the upside, a new person was just crowned world's oldest person...
    • felman87, on 10/10/2007, -1/+14A shame, she was a total babe
    • kuzotz, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Its always great to know people that actually lived through the gilded age into the information age.
      I couldn't comprehend witnessing so much change so fast. I mean and that would be in 1 lifetime.

      R.I.P.
    • virtualball, on 10/10/2007, -0/+30I see a trend... Is there a curse on this "world's oldest person" title?
    • leffunov, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Maybe she shouldn't have changed her hobby of resting into a career
  • ramong, on 10/10/2007, -13/+8Centenarians usually attribute their longevity to the same things: diet (mostly plant-based, NO processed of canned foods), physical activity, mental activity, reduced exposure to toxins (nicotine, alcohol, caffeine, pollutants, etc) profound spirituality and a positive outlook on life.

    Older people are revered in these cultures, unlike ours where aging is seen as a bad thing. I think 114 is way beyond the average life expectancy on this side of the world (70-ish or less) and that we should follow the leads of these centenarians in order to get the most out of this life and live as long as our genes will allow us to.
    • computergod, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3Last 'oldest woman' I remember was still smoking till the very end.
  • CletusJones, on 10/10/2007, -3/+61I heard she died in a tragic motorcycle accident.
  • guyinjapan, on 10/10/2007, -4/+47Damn. What a tragedy. ***** you, time. ***** you.
    • ChromaVita, on 10/10/2007, -0/+17Without time, she wouldn't have been the world's oldest... Think about that...
  • gtawh, on 10/10/2007, -4/+166Tomorrow's headline: World's Youngest Person Born
  • blitzer, on 10/10/2007, -3/+59It seems like the title "world's older person" is cursed
    snl
  • thelastcivilian, on 10/10/2007, -9/+1Seems like this is epidemic. The title of "World's Oldest Person" must be cursed or something.
  • Sandurz, on 10/10/2007, -3/+8Goodnight, sweet prince(ss).
  • jmpeagle, on 10/10/2007, -0/+36Born "January 4, 1893"

    Damn, she probably remembered the Russo-Japanese War, which started in 1904. I hope to see the 22nd century.
    • quomen, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7I lived through the Iraq War!!
    • Pixelante, on 10/10/2007, -5/+1Unfortunately you won't. Most of those who are teenagers today will die before their 21st year by drug overdose, self-inflicted wounds or peer-related violence. The rest will be killed in animal attacks and freak accidents. Those who will survive will die before their 30th birthday because of car accidents, food poisoning or disease. None of you will live past 35. Enjoy the time you have.
    • richmondphotog, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1If I make it into the 22nd century, I will be asking every visitor to my nursing home to 'kill me.'
  • brianbb98, on 10/10/2007, -18/+2PWNED!!!
    • duggtodeath, on 10/10/2007, -4/+2I buried you because I was following the pack, but this genuinely made me laugh out loud!
    • UglieJosh, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3Yea. In the name of taste, we all have to pretend we didn't find that funny...
  • MasterThief117, on 10/10/2007, -11/+14In my honest opinion, living for so long has got to be, well, you know, quite a bitch, even if you were in perfect health. I guarantee she has seen many terrible things in her life. I am truly glad she is now able to rest in piece.
    • whataboutdave, on 10/10/2007, -1/+29You wouldn't happen to have a half-empty glass, would you?
      • MasterThief117, on 10/10/2007, -1/+23Its not half empty. It's twice as big as it needs to be.
        • Linkin4, on 10/10/2007, -9/+2Engineering jokes suck *****.
        • rapiddemon, on 10/10/2007, -1/+13No, that joke is just half as funny as it needs to be.
      • rayxtime, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9It's at 50% capacity for me.
    • MCDupree, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1"I guarantee she has seen many terrible things in her life."
      I wouldn't doubt it. Two World Wars? That is enough in my mind.
    • Muero, on 10/10/2007, -4/+9She's not "resting." She's dead. A dead person cannot be doing anything.
      • plutpwnium, on 10/10/2007, -4/+5Aren't you clever?
      • Pixelante, on 10/10/2007, -4/+2You could be surprised at what dead persons can actually do. It would also be the last surprise of your life.
      • MasterThief117, on 10/10/2007, -2/+4Being dead is something...
        • Classico, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Being dead is a state, and a state of nothing at that. Doing something is an action, or if you are clever, an active state.
    • MaruLono, on 10/10/2007, -1/+11985 is going to sound pretty ancient by the time 2097 rolls around.
    • postalblowfish7, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1not everyone's a depressed weirdo.
  • geneticlemon, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9Damn. It's miso soup and rice from now on ...
    • crashflow, on 10/10/2007, -3/+1good luck lasting the rest of the week, much less 100 or so more years of miso soup and rice.
  • cw1925, on 10/10/2007, -3/+1Well, there's a curse to that record. She should have been aware of it.
  • harrisbradley, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Respect the dead boys... Respect the dead.
    • ChileanGoD, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Respect them like in the movie a Weekend at Bernie's
    • willin, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I do respect the Dead Boys. Great band.
  • spyd3rweb, on 10/10/2007, -2/+17not eating mcdonalds, and watching american idol all day long is how she lived so long.
  • diordna, on 10/10/2007, -1/+14Here is a photo of her! She looks like a regular Grandma!
    http://meddesktop.blogspot.com/2007/08/yone-minagawa-worlds-oldest-person.html
  • zman14321, on 10/10/2007, -6/+19I wished she would have lived until 126 so she could prove the bible wrong. According to the bible after Noah no one is to live past 125. I'm waiting to see how the religious people make up a story of "that's not what god really meant" when it happens
    • ABombbmoBA, on 10/10/2007, -2/+7It's not gonna happen... because that isn't what God wants, silly goose!
    • woody56292, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3well they will probably just get the majority of their organs replaced. can't the brain last longer than 125 years?
    • freetyme, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5...That was how many years until the flood, in which everyone's but Noah and his families days were numbered, it was God's way of saying "Hey Noah, you got less than 126 (more) years to finish that boat. kthxbye"
    • stanleyford, on 10/10/2007, -5/+0Oh, those wacky Christians! Say, care to cite the passage in the Bible which asserts this, or find me any denomination of Christianity which believes this? Cause I'm willing to bet that this is another one of those things Diggers say Christians believe (and then ridicule them for), but which is not believed by any Christian at all.
      • zman14321, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2I read it in the noah story, don't believe me, go ***** read it.
        • plutpwnium, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Lol, the noah story... as if the Bible is split into a series of seperate stories.

          Seriously though, it does say that, i believe its 120 years he lived though, not 125.
        • stanleyford, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0"I read it in the noah story, don't believe me, go ***** read it." -- I didn't believe you, so I read it. Genesis 6:3 says (God speaking), "His days shall be an hundred and twenty years," followed closely by 6:7: "I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth," clearly implying that God was giving humans one hundred twenty years before the flood. Later, in 9:28, it says, "Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years." More research online shows that all scholars believe that 120 year figure means the time between God speaking and the flood; no one believes it means that God has placed a maximum lifespan on humankind. Therefore, sir, I pronounce you full of crap.
    • aceallways, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I can't find this, what chapter/verse?

      edit: found it, 120 years actually, not 125
      • zolaar, on 10/10/2007, -3/+2So, wait, that means that God was wrong?

        ... but that means...

        This bitch killed God!!!
        • plutpwnium, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2How did she prove God wrong? She still didn't live past the age of 120 man... she died at 114 years old.
          • zolaar, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1The Bible was written in base 7...




            ...It's plausible!
      • Smills, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3I can just see the headlines: "Woman Turns 120, Her Being Forgiven Proves God Is Real And Merciful!"
    • aceallways, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1interestingly, this was about the age of Moses when he died

      however, your comment is a perfect example of refusing to obey the command not to "read beyond the scriptures"

      that is such a nothing statement that would change no fundamental part of ANY religion
    • zanvann, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanne_Calment
      Oldest person ever recorded, lived to the age of 122, thus beating aceallways figure of 120.
      Of course, a christian will probably reply by musing that a bible year is different to our conception of a year, if not longer.
  • CommanderKeen93, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5Well, that makes her the first person to die of "old age" in something like 55 years.......
  • Vampire, on 10/10/2007, -0/+40Anyone else see the the photo of Michael Jackson off to the side and totally thought that was the 114 year old woman? Freaked me out...
    • dustysquareback, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Holy ***** yes. About pissed myself laughing.
  • ECas123, on 10/10/2007, -1/+10She died of old age? I thought she fliped her Harley
    • tritiumpie, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1"flipped her Harley" is another way of saying "shuffled off this mortal coil"

      Hamlet FTW!
  • kmg9000, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6I dont want to be the oldest person, it just means you will die soon
  • sexxxy, on 10/10/2007, -3/+4This is INCORECT!!!! The WORLDS oldest person is 116, HERE IS MY BACKUP!!
    Click this link below
    http://digg.com/world_news/Ukraine_s_oldest_man_turns_116
    • TexanPsycho, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Caps lock and a Digg story. You must be proud.
    • maglob, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Maybe his age can't be proven or something, still "Hryhoriy puts his long life down to the fact that he never married", wise man, why do you think a mans life expectancy is lower, women grid us down!......Well that and all the Beer
  • Endeavorer, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2The baby hippo in the margin is way more interesting! http://www.video.news.com.au/newsinteractive/videopage/videoplayer/?channel=Human+Interest&clipid=890973&bitrate=300&format=wmp
  • ZergRosey, on 10/10/2007, -6/+0lol, micharl jackson fit this story if he closed his eyes
  • floatingpoints, on 10/10/2007, -5/+2Funny, this is the umpteenth time I've read about "the world's oldest person dying".

    IT'S A SHAM.
  • viewdrix, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2Damn everyone who quoted SNL before me.
  • MCDupree, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0I just hope someone interviewed her about her life. She's history...uh, no pun intended.
  • schrutefan, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3I saw that comin'.

    -Jayne Cobb
  • Kuestionmark, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0And now somebody else is the worlds oldest person and then they'll die because they to are very old and we'll have another news story yay.
  • Anim8ir, on 10/10/2007, -0/+15my great grandma turns 109 next month. She's getting close!
  • harrisbradley, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Everybody is saying how they don't want to be the oldest person in the world because it means they are going to die soon. (Okay it's morbid, but probably true) Several diggers will die before the current oldest person in the world does. Sooooo... just be happy with every year you live. that's a better way to think about it
    • mabhatter, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1considering that the chances of living to 114 are lower that winning the lottery, I'd say it's pretty good luck... only a dozen or so people out of 6 Billion live to be that old!!
    • Pixelante, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0Most diggers will die before they hit 20.
  • harrisbradley, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1@zman14321 way to ***** the whole comment thread up. teh hater.
  • dragonworks2050, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9I bet it was that "Western style lunch" that did her in.
    • omenmedia, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Soo what I was thinking when I read it!
  • harrisbradley, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5@floatingpoints says "Funny, this is the umpteenth time I've read about "the world's oldest person dying". IT'S A SHAM."

    Actually I am certain that every oldest in the person ever has died except for one.
  • shootacow, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1I figured she wasn't American.

    http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/08/13/life.expectancy.ap/index.html?eref=rss_topstories
  • outlaw686, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8"Her nursing home said Mrs Minagawa had celebrated becoming the world's oldest person earlier this year with a Western-style lunch of bread, stew, salad and a dessert."

    It was the western food!!! DAMMMMN AMERICANS!!! /sarcasim
    • UglieJosh, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Stew is American? We don't mix silly vegetables in with our meat around here, damnit!
  • kd5ftn, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5She had it coming...
  • Smeed, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5People born in the 1800s are fading fast. It would be such an interesting experience just to sit and have a conversation with someone so old and full of knowledge.
    • Jack9, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3In the 1900's they referred to 1904 as "aught 4" (i dunno how they spelled it, that's just the pronunciation). That's all I learned from my great grandpa.
    • UglieJosh, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Interesting? Full of knowledge??? My mother in law works in in a nursing home and we visit her often. Most of them are below 80, but still talk mostly about their bowel troubles and unicorns that visit in their sleep.
      • Pixelante, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2They still know more stuff than you will ever do. But since you'll never reach 70, the point is moot. You will die before 50, of stress-induced heart attack.
  • relsseigk, on 05/13/2008, -0/+14Damn that cat.
  • greenbriel, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I knew that "eating well and resting" regimen was *****. Ah well, back to corndogs and yuengling for me.
  • Caleb83, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Sounds like someone just got promoted to World's oldest person.
  • westway50, on 10/10/2007, -6/+0this is BS, oldest woman is like 121
    http://www.lubbockonline.com/news/080597/frances.htm
    114 is good but its seven years too early
    • Atlantics, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6It was published on 08/04/97 11:27 PM ... idiot.
  • palmdoc, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10George Burns said "If you live past 100 you've got it made. Few people die past that age"
    • tritiumpie, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2That is excellent. It took me a second to appreciate the subtle nature of that joke.

      George Burns was a genius... and hilarious.
    • riah, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2I see what he did there.
  • KingGorilla, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I too would like to give Death the finger
  • AnnaBay21, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0I heard there was a person who lives 120 years
  • anarchytv, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1so, is humanity ever going to beat this grim reaper guy. death - he keeps taking us, one by one. and foolishly, we keep throwing our resources down the toilet in massive military spending, to help him do his job and steal even more of us into the grave. humanity is pretty stupid - not only can it not identify its true enemy even though it has had the same one for 5000+ years... it does more and more to help and aid the enemy...
  • slundal, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Again? It seems to met this "oldest person" dies almost every year.
  • flashback99, on 10/10/2007, -3/+1That's old news

    (sorry I couldn't resist...)
  • SweetChinMusic, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Wow, that's exactly how old I would be if I lived until 2107.
  • Envx, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Wonder how saggy her boobs where.
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