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Japanese man Jiroemon Kimura, who holds the distinction of being the world's oldest living person, is celebrating his 116th birthday on Friday.

After inheriting the title of world’s oldest living person less than two weeks ago, Iowa woman Dina Manfredini died at age 115, according to her family. The Italian immigrant, who experienced life in three different centuries, resided at a nursing home in Johnston, Iowa.

Besse Cooper, who had the distinction of being the world's oldest person, at 116, dies.

A Dutch woman who held the title of the world's oldest person when she died, aged 115, credited her longevity to a daily meal of herring, not smoking and limiting her alcohol intake. Six years later, however, scientists hope her genes may provide a better answer -- and as a result they have sequenced her complete genetic code, The Times of London reported Saturday.

A Brazilian woman ranked by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest person died Tuesday at the age of 114.

The world's oldest person, as verified by the Guinness Book of World Records, is dead at the age of 114, according to the Gerontology Research Group.