114 year-old woman passes....

[jamesdillaman]

Emma Faust Tillman, the oldest woman in the world, died today at the age of 114!!!! She lived through 20 U.S. presidencies! Can you imagine living that long? RIP Emma! 1892-2007

 

EDIT: Read about her amazing life: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Tillman

 

-James Dillaman

[Token Yankee Guy]

This person was in Connecticut, and here's the article about the oldest person that passed away.

Emma Faust Tillman, whose life spanned three centuries and 21 U.S. presidencies, died Sunday night at an East Hartford nursing home, the facility's administrator said. At 114, she was the world's oldest known living person.

 

Tillman, the daughter of former slaves, was born during the administration of President Benjamin Harrison. Her reign as the world's oldest person was short-lived; she assumed the title Jan. 24 with the death of 115-year-old Emiliano Mercado del Toro of Puerto Rico....

 

http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc-oldestperson-obit-0129,0,3712776.story?coll=hc-headlines-home

[Luxo]

Wow! She lived to see three centuries (only one all the way through, of course), I can't imagine living fir 100 years...let alone 100 more years.

[ParkTrips]

Honestly the oldest person in the world.. well.. dies frequently! I won't lock this thread but we really don't need one of these every time

[crazyrider06]

Wow 114 years old, that is freakin crazy.. i dont know how she did it because at the rate of the world now not too many ppl live to be over 100 due to health and what not

[Spookbaby]

I work at a nirsing home were quite frequently we have residents who are over 100 years in age. Sometimes well over 100.

 

They all just pretty much wake up wishing that they'll kick it.

 

So good for her.

 

Laura "I also agree with Joe" Huls

[Neogreeneyez]

They all just pretty much wake up wishing that they'll kick it.

 

that sucks.... I would hate to wish to die.

[Satoshi]

she really did something to amount and i'm glad to know she lived up

to 114 years old! but i was hoping her age could go over 120 which is

also known as people's maximum ages.....

[CoasterFanatic]

How did she die?

[BeemerBoy]

^ Anticipation of this thread.

[bigjohnson51]

My great grandpa had his 102nd birthday two weeks ago. Thankfully he doesn't want to die. He's one of the happiest people I know. But I whenever I go to thier nursing home there are some miserable old people there lol.

[masterofthematrix91]

Dang... I respect her for just living that long!

 

part of me, thinks that that would suck. watching everyone else around you die.

[Zen Coaster]

My grandma's 92 and still going strong. She just might beat this lady!!

[BiCoastal Kid]

So when somebody masturbates, does that count as the youngest person in the world dying? Is that only half of a death? When does a person real-time age start being taken, and if they die, how do you verify that they're a person if they're still devloping?

[bigjohnson51]

^ That was really wierd and really random...

[SonOfBeastSucks]

So when somebody masturbates, does that count as the youngest person in the world dying? Is that only half of a death? When does a person real-time age start being taken, and if they die, how do you verify that they're a person if they're still devloping?

I would say the soonest a life would start to develop is after the sperm has contact with the egg. If you masturbate and the sperm doesn't have contact with a fertilizing egg, it doesn't count as a human life, and therefor doesn't have anything to do with death. If you say a life is taken every time someone masturbates, then a life is also taken whenever one has sex with a condom, or other means of birth control. Also, if what I've heard about "The Morning After" pill is correct, a human life doesn't start to develop until up to 36 hours after the sperm has contact with the egg, so technically that wouldn't count as the taking of a life either.

[BeemerBoy]

I won't lock this thread

Please reconsider, Joe. Please.

[bigjohnson51]

Ya this thread got real wierd real fast.