London, May 1, 2025 (AFP) - English great-grandma becomes world's oldest person at 115

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2025-05-01

A British woman, Ethel Caterham, became the world's oldest person aged 115 on Thursday after the death of a Brazilian nun who had held the record, according to research groups. Caterham was born in a village in Hampshire on August 21, 1909, the second youngest of eight children. She lives in a care home in Surrey, also in southern England, having outlived her husband and both her daughters. She is now the oldest person in the world according to t......

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