Hazel Skuce, doyenne of Canada, dies at 112
The Gerontology Research Group (GRG) is saddened to report that Mrs. Hazel Skuce of Brandon, Manitoba, Canada, the oldest person (Doyenne) in Canada, passed away on 3 January 2025, at the age of 112 years, 331 days. She was born…
Inah Canabarro Lucas of Brazil, 116, confirmed as the World’s Oldest Person, candidate for the GWR title, and the last surviving human born in 1908
The Gerontology Research Group (GRG) is pleased to confirm that Inah Canabarro Lucas of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil has become the WORLD’S OLDEST PERSON following the death of 116-year old Tomiko Itooka of Ashiya, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan,…
World’s Oldest Person, Tomiko Itooka, dies at 116
The Gerontology Research Group (GRG) is saddened to announce that Mrs. Tomiko Itooka, the GWR & GRG-validated WORLD’s OLDEST PERSON passed away in a nursing home for the elderly in the city of Ashiya, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, on 29 December…
Andrée Bertoletto, vice-doyenne of France, celebrated her 114th birthday
The Gerontology Research Group is pleased to announce news that Mrs. Andrée Bertoletto, the second-oldest living person in France, celebrated her 114th birthday in Montsûrs, Mayenne, Pays de la Loire, France, on 1 January 2025. On her 114th birthday, she…
President James Earl Carter, longest-lived president in the U.S. history, dies at 100
The Gerontology Research Group is saddened to report news that Mr. James Earl ‘Jimmy’ Carter Jr. who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981, passed away in Plains, Georgia, USA on 29 December 2024,…