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Bookmark or Share- Grave of 'America's Oldest Man' - Atlas ObscuraDiscover Grave of 'America's Oldest Man' in Bartow, Florida: Charlie Smith was almost certainly not 137 years old when he died, but why let that get in the way of a great story?
- Charlie Smith | Poetry FoundationPoet and novelist Charlie Smith was born in Moultrie, Georgia. He attended Phillips Exeter Academy and, after serving in the Peace Corps in Micronesia, earned a BA from Duke University and an MFA from the University of Iowa. He has written five New York Times Notable Books and has received grants…
- Charlie Smith, Ex‐Slave, Is Dead; Believed Oldest American at 137Charlie Smith, perhaps the oldest person in the United States — an assertion disputed by the editor of the Guiness Book of World Records — died Friday at the Bartow Convalescent Center, a ...
- Charlie Smith (centenarian) - WikipediaCharlie Smith (died October 5, 1979) [1] was an American longevity claimant noted for claiming to be the oldest person in the United States at the time of his death on October 5, 1979, at age 137. Bone age tests after his death in 1979 revealed that Smith was between 99–105 years old when he died. [2]
- ‘Ginny Gall,’ by Charlie Smith - The New York TimesBy Angela Flournoy. Feb. 17, 2016. When Delvin Walker, the protagonist of Charlie Smith’s novel “Ginny Gall,” is deep into his prison sentence for a crime he did not commit, a fellow inmate ...
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