A long life, cut short: Violet Moss Brown, who was believed to be the oldest person in the world, died on Friday, reported Jamaican outlet The Gleaner. She was 117.
Brown, who was born on 10 March 1900, became the world's oldest living person following the death of Emma Morano of Italy, born on 29 November 1899.
The Prime Minister of Jamaica Andrew Holness expressed his condolences for the loss.
Brown Was Born Before Modern-Day Jamaica
Violet Brown spent much of her life cutting sugarcane in the fields around her home in western Jamaica. She attended church regularly, avoided pork and chicken, and celebrated her 117th birthday in April.
Brown was born when Jamaica was a part of the British Empire and is the last living former subject of Queen Victoria.
Brown is considered to be the oldest person in the world with credible birth documentation, according to Robert Young, director of the supercentenarian research and database division at Gerontology Research Group, a network of volunteer researchers into the world's oldest living people.
According to The Express, Nabi Tajima of Japan, who is also 117, will now be the world’s oldest verified living person.
(With inputs from AP)
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