Italian 116-year-old woman from the northern region of Piedmont, Emma Martina Luigia Morano, is now the oldest person on earth after the death of the African American Susannah Mushatt Jones, who passed away in Brooklyn, New York.
Nonna Emma Morano, born in Civiasco on November 29, 1899, is now the only person alive to be born before January 1900, in the 19th century. She has been Italy and Europe’s oldest person since April 2013, whereas last year in August, she became the oldest Italian of all time after beating the record of Italian-American Dina Manfredini (1897-2012).
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