Maria Gomes Valentim
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Maria Gomes Valentim was a Brazilian supercentenarian
who died at the age of 114 years 347 days. She was the oldest verified living person in the world from the time her age was validated on 18 May 2011 until her death a little more than a month later. Valentim was also the only validated supercentenarian
from Brazil, and was one of the 30 verified oldest people in history at the time of her death.
, Minas Gerais
, Brazil
and lived there her entire life. In 1913, she married João Valentim, who died in 1946. Valentim had 1 child, a son, who died at 75, and furthermore had 4 grandchildren, 7 great-grandchildren and 5 great-great-grandchildren. She used a wheelchair
and was cared for by her granddaughter. She died of multiple organ failure on 21 June 2011, at the age of 114 years 347 days; 18 days shy of her 115th birthday.
Supercentenarian
A supercentenarian is someone who has reached the age of 110 years. This age is achieved by about one in a thousand centenarians....
who died at the age of 114 years 347 days. She was the oldest verified living person in the world from the time her age was validated on 18 May 2011 until her death a little more than a month later. Valentim was also the only validated supercentenarian
Supercentenarian
A supercentenarian is someone who has reached the age of 110 years. This age is achieved by about one in a thousand centenarians....
from Brazil, and was one of the 30 verified oldest people in history at the time of her death.
Biography
Maria Gomes da Silva was born in CarangolaCarangola
Carangola is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the mesoregion of Zona da Mata and to the microregion of Muriaé.-See also:* List of municipalities in Minas Gerais...
, Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais is one of the 26 states of Brazil, of which it is the second most populous, the third richest, and the fourth largest in area. Minas Gerais is the Brazilian state with the largest number of Presidents of Brazil, the current one, Dilma Rousseff, being one of them. The capital is the...
, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
and lived there her entire life. In 1913, she married João Valentim, who died in 1946. Valentim had 1 child, a son, who died at 75, and furthermore had 4 grandchildren, 7 great-grandchildren and 5 great-great-grandchildren. She used a wheelchair
Wheelchair
A wheelchair is a chair with wheels, designed to be a replacement for walking. The device comes in variations where it is propelled by motors or by the seated occupant turning the rear wheels by hand. Often there are handles behind the seat for someone else to do the pushing...
and was cared for by her granddaughter. She died of multiple organ failure on 21 June 2011, at the age of 114 years 347 days; 18 days shy of her 115th birthday.
Longevity records
- On 4 November 2010 Eugénie BlanchardEugénie BlanchardAnne Eugénie Blanchard was a French supercentenarian, who at the age of was the oldest living person at the time of her death. She became the recognised titleholder upon the death of Japanese supercentenarian Kama Chinen on 2 May 2010...
died, Maria Gomes Valentim aged 114 years 118 days became the oldest living person in the world. Prior to Valentim's validation as the world's oldest living person by Guinness World RecordsGuinness World RecordsGuinness World Records, known until 2000 as The Guinness Book of Records , is a reference book published annually, containing a collection of world records, both human achievements and the extremes of the natural world...
, it was thought that Besse CooperBesse CooperBesse Berry Cooper is an American supercentenarian. After the death of the Brazilian supercentenarian Maria Gomes Valentim on June 21, 2011, Cooper became the world's oldest living person...
and Eunice Sanborn had been the oldest living people since the death of Blanchard. - On 18 May 2011 Maria Gomes Valentim aged 114 years 313 days became the oldest verified living person.
- On 21 June 2011 Maria Gomes Valentim aged 114 years 347 days died as the 28th oldest person ever and the oldest living person in the world.
See also
- List of the verified oldest people
- List of the verified oldest women
- List of oldest people by nation
- Oldest peopleOldest peopleThis is a list of tables of the verified oldest people in the world in ordinal rank, such as oldest person or oldest man. In these tables, a supercentenarian is considered 'verified' if his or her claim has been validated by an international body that specifically deals in longevity research, such...