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Emma Faust Tillman
HARTFORD: A 114-year-old Connecticut resident who was born to former slaves in North Carolina has become the world's oldest known woman after the death this week of a Canadian woman. Emma Faust Tillman, born on November 22, 1892, became the oldest validated woman "supercentenarian" when 115-year-old Julie Winnifred Bertrand of Montreal died on Thursday. Ms. Tillman, of East Hartford, is now the second-oldest known person in the world behind 115-year-old Emiliano Mercado del Toro of Puerto Rico, born on August 21, 1891. They are among many validated supercentenarians on a list maintained by the Gerontology Research Group in Los Angeles and other organisations. Ms. Tillman, widowed for almost 70 years, takes no credit for her longevity and says she has no secrets for other aspiring supercentenarians. It was stated that she never smoked, never drank, did not need glasses and agreed to wear a hearing aid only reluctantly. — AP
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