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Naomi Whitehead attains status after death of Elizabeth Francis, who was third-oldest known living person in world

A 114-year-old woman residing in Pennsylvania who says she never smoked or drank alcohol recently became the oldest known living person in North America.

Naomi Whitehead attained that status after the 22 October death of Elizabeth Francis, 115, a Louisiana native who moved to Houston and was the world’s third-oldest person, according to the LongeviQuest website, an authority on supercentenarians – those who are 110 or older.

Two pieces of advice attributed to Francis and widely circulated after her last birthday in July were “if the Lord gave it to you, use it” and “speak your mind, don’t bite your tongue.”

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[–] bazus1@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The fight to the death was epic. There can only be one.

[–] Xanthrax@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I was not expecting the Elizabeth Francis link to immediately open a swastika (It's not the nazi one).

[–] randon31415@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Jimmy Carter has to hang on for 14 more years.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

Bring this woman to the nearest voting station.

[–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Who did she vote for?

[–] EleventhHour@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Hope she votes for Harris! Pennsylvania can use all the help you can get.

[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Interesting that they are/were both black. Is there a genetic component?

[–] criitz@reddthat.com 2 points 1 year ago

Genetics almost certainly plays a role in longevity

[–] Altomes@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

It honestly probably has more to do with poor record keeping for black people that long ago.

https://www.livescience.com/oldest-people-may-not-be-so-old.html

[–] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

This is an accolade where, at the time of succession, the successor is by definition always less impressive than the person they succeeded.