She is 115 years, Jeralean Talley is now the world's oldest person after Monday's death of fellow American Gertrude Weaver, who would have turned 117 on July 4, Talley is the oldest person recorded by the Los Angeles-based Gerontology Research Group (GRG).
She is an African American, born in the Southern US state of Georgia at the tail end of the nineteenth century on May 23, 1899.
Talley took the title held for five days by Weaver following the death of Japan's Misao Okawa. She died on April 1, less than a month after turning 117.
Talley told the Detroit Free Press that the secret to her longevity comes "from above."
"That's the best advice I can give you. It's not in my hands or your hands," she said, pointing toward the heavens.
Time Magazine, who contacted her family, including her only daughter, 77-year-old Thelma Holloway, said the new doyenne eats lots of pork, is a true night owl and kept up her bowling hobby until the age of 104.
On her birthdays, she likes to go fishing.
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