Just few days after the oldest living person Misao Okawa from Osaka, Japan died (Read Here), the award was shifted to Gertrude Weaver from Arkansas, United States but that award didn't last long as she died on Monday at the age of 116 at a senior care facility in Arkansas.
According to Reuters Gertrude Weaver, who last week became the world's oldest-known living person, has died at the age of 116 at a senior care facility in Arkansas, officials said on Monday.
Weaver, who said the key to longevity was to treat people kindly, basked in her brief moment in the global spotlight. She enjoyed being read news articles about being the oldest person on the planet, said Kathy Langley, the administrator of the Silver Oaks Health & Rehabilitation Center in Camden, Arkansas.