Emma Morano
Italian supercentenarian (1899–2017) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Emma Martina Luigia Morano OMRI[1] (29 November 1899 – 15 April 2017) was an Italian supercentenarian. She was the world's oldest living person from 13 May 2016 until her death on 15 April 2017, aged 117 years and 137 days. At the time of her death, she was also the last living person verified to have been born in the 1800s.[2] She was the longest-living Italian person ever documented[3] and the third-oldest European person ever behind Jeanne Calment (1875–1997) and Lucile Randon (1904–2023).[4]
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Born | Emma Martina Luigia Morano (1899-11-29)29 November 1899 |
Died | (2017-04-15)15 April 2017 (aged 117 years, 137 days) Verbania, Italy |
Resting place | Cimitero di Pallanza, Italy |
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Giovanni Martinuzzi
(m. 1926; died 1978) |
Children | 1 |
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