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World’s Oldest Person Dies at 116

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Brooklyn’s Susannah Mushatt Jones.

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The world’s oldest person, Susanna Mushatt Jones, has died in New York at the age of 116. She’d lived at a senior housing facility for three decades before she died late Thursday in Brooklyn. Jones had been sick for about 10 days before she passed on. She had been a record holder for the Guiness World Records title since July 2015. Jones said many times that her secret to a long life involved sleep and steady bacon consumption.

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