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| World's oldest person dies aged 116 |
| 2006-08-29 |
 Quito, Ecuador: Maria Esther de Capovilla, the oldest person in the world according to Guinness World Records, has died at 116 years of age, her granddaughter said. Capovilla died on Sunday in a hospital in the coastal city of Guayaquil two days after coming down with pneumonia, her granddaughter Catherine Capovilla said. Her funeral was planned for yesterday. Born on September 14, 1889 the same year as Charlie Chaplin and Adolf Hitler Capovilla was married in 1917 and widowed in 1949. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 Oh shit, there was an animatered ad to the far, far right of the site! Signs of the end times? |
| Posted by: 6 2006-08-29 19:30 |
| #4 :> |
| Posted by: 6 2006-08-29 19:29 |
| #3 Born on September 14, 1889 the same year as Charlie Chaplin and Adolf Hitler Capovilla was married in 1917 and widowed in 1949. what a difference a lack of a period after Hitler makes to that paragraph.... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-08-29 12:27 |
| #2 Um... if she died, she isn't the oldest living person anymore. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2006-08-29 12:11 |
| #1 Came in by lamplight, and went out by satellite. |
| Posted by: Mike 2006-08-29 07:06 |