Jeralean Talley, the world's oldest-known living person, seen addressing the congregation during a church service and her 116th birthday celebration in Inkster, Michigan, on May 24. She died at home of natural causes on the night of June 17. Photo: Reuters/Rebecca Cook
Jeralean Talley, the world's oldest-known person, has died in Michigan 26 days after her 116th birthday, says a family spokeswoman on June 18.
Born on May 23, 1899, Talley climbed to the top of a list kept by the Gerontology Research Group, which validates the agesof the world's longest-living people, after Gertrude Weaver died at 116 in Arkansas in April.
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