Tweet
World's tallest woman dies in China at age 39
Wednesday, December 05, 2012 | 9:27 AM
BEIJING, China (AP) -- The world's tallest woman has died in eastern China. She was 39.
Chinese state media say Yao Defen died on November 13 at her home in China's eastern province of Anhui.
Guinness World Records in January 2010 had certified her as the world's tallest living woman at 7-feet -7- inches.
The local Xin'an Evening News did not give the cause of death but said in a report that Yao suffered from gigantism, with a tumour on her pituitary gland disrupting her levels of growth hormone. A government official in her county who gave only his surname, Liu, confirmed Yao's death on Wednesday.
The Xin'an newspaper said Yao learned to play basketball when young, and that she was 6-feet- 7 inches tall by the age of 15.
In a Chinese-language video from three years ago, Yao expressed anguish at her unusual height. "I am very unhappy. Why am I this tall?" she said from her bed. "If I were not this tall, others would not look at me like this."
Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/...#ixzz2E9iBZ415
‘She was ready to go’: Besse Cooper, world’s oldest woman, dies at 116 years old
Associated Press | Dec 5, 2012 10:15 AM ET | Last Updated: Dec 5, 2012 10:17 AM ET
More from Associated Press
AP Photo/David GoldmanBesse Cooper at a nursing home in Monroe, Ga., last year. Cooper died peacefully Tuesday.
MONROE — The woman who was listed as the world’s oldest person died Tuesday in a Georgia nursing home at age 116.
Besse Cooper died peacefully Tuesday afternoon in Monroe, according to her son Sidney Cooper. Monroe is about 72 kilometres east of Atlanta.
Cooper said his mother had been ill recently with a stomach virus, then felt better on Monday. On Tuesday he said she had her hair set and watched a Christmas video, but later had trouble breathing. She was put on oxygen in her room and died there about 2 p.m., Cooper said.
At that age she was doing really well, she was able to read books
“With her hair fixed it looked like she was ready to go,” he said.
http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/12...116-years-old/
Besse Cooper was declared the world’s oldest person in January 2011. In May 2011, Guinness World Records learned that Maria Gomes Valentin of Brazil was 48 days older. Valentin died the next month.
“It’s a sad day for me,” said Robert Young, Guinness senior consultant for gerontology. He recalls meeting Cooper when she was 111 and took note of her mental agility.
Athens Banner-Herald, David Tulis / AP filesBesse Cooper on her 114th birthdday at the Walton Regional Medical Center.
“At that age she was doing really well, she was able to read books,” Young said.
Last year on Cooper’s 115th birthday, she celebrated with friends and relatives, enjoyed two small slivers of birthday cake and was serenaded by a musician from Nashville who sang “Tennessee Waltz.”
Sidney Cooper said his family will likely hold a funeral for his mother later this week.
With her hair fixed it looked like she was ready to go
Besse Cooper was the first Georgian to hold the world record. She was born in Tennessee and moved to Georgia during World War I to look for work as a teacher.
The title of world’s oldest person now belongs to 115-year-old Dina Manfredini, of Johnston, Iowa, Young said. The oldest known person of all time was Jeanne Calment, a French woman who lived to be 122 years old and died in 1997.
Wednesday, December 05, 2012 | 9:27 AM
BEIJING, China (AP) -- The world's tallest woman has died in eastern China. She was 39.
Chinese state media say Yao Defen died on November 13 at her home in China's eastern province of Anhui.
Guinness World Records in January 2010 had certified her as the world's tallest living woman at 7-feet -7- inches.
The local Xin'an Evening News did not give the cause of death but said in a report that Yao suffered from gigantism, with a tumour on her pituitary gland disrupting her levels of growth hormone. A government official in her county who gave only his surname, Liu, confirmed Yao's death on Wednesday.
The Xin'an newspaper said Yao learned to play basketball when young, and that she was 6-feet- 7 inches tall by the age of 15.
In a Chinese-language video from three years ago, Yao expressed anguish at her unusual height. "I am very unhappy. Why am I this tall?" she said from her bed. "If I were not this tall, others would not look at me like this."
Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/...#ixzz2E9iBZ415
‘She was ready to go’: Besse Cooper, world’s oldest woman, dies at 116 years old
Associated Press | Dec 5, 2012 10:15 AM ET | Last Updated: Dec 5, 2012 10:17 AM ET
More from Associated Press
AP Photo/David GoldmanBesse Cooper at a nursing home in Monroe, Ga., last year. Cooper died peacefully Tuesday.
MONROE — The woman who was listed as the world’s oldest person died Tuesday in a Georgia nursing home at age 116.
Besse Cooper died peacefully Tuesday afternoon in Monroe, according to her son Sidney Cooper. Monroe is about 72 kilometres east of Atlanta.
Cooper said his mother had been ill recently with a stomach virus, then felt better on Monday. On Tuesday he said she had her hair set and watched a Christmas video, but later had trouble breathing. She was put on oxygen in her room and died there about 2 p.m., Cooper said.
At that age she was doing really well, she was able to read books
“With her hair fixed it looked like she was ready to go,” he said.
http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/12...116-years-old/
Besse Cooper was declared the world’s oldest person in January 2011. In May 2011, Guinness World Records learned that Maria Gomes Valentin of Brazil was 48 days older. Valentin died the next month.
“It’s a sad day for me,” said Robert Young, Guinness senior consultant for gerontology. He recalls meeting Cooper when she was 111 and took note of her mental agility.
Athens Banner-Herald, David Tulis / AP filesBesse Cooper on her 114th birthdday at the Walton Regional Medical Center.
“At that age she was doing really well, she was able to read books,” Young said.
Last year on Cooper’s 115th birthday, she celebrated with friends and relatives, enjoyed two small slivers of birthday cake and was serenaded by a musician from Nashville who sang “Tennessee Waltz.”
Sidney Cooper said his family will likely hold a funeral for his mother later this week.
With her hair fixed it looked like she was ready to go
Besse Cooper was the first Georgian to hold the world record. She was born in Tennessee and moved to Georgia during World War I to look for work as a teacher.
The title of world’s oldest person now belongs to 115-year-old Dina Manfredini, of Johnston, Iowa, Young said. The oldest known person of all time was Jeanne Calment, a French woman who lived to be 122 years old and died in 1997.
LOL
Comment