Elizabeth Bolden
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Elizabeth "Lizzie" Bolden ( Jones; August 15, 1890 – December 11, 2006) was an American 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....

 woman who, at the time of her death at age 116 years and 118 days, was recognized by Guinness World Records
Guinness World Records
Guinness 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...

 as the then world's oldest living person
Oldest people
This 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...

. She was the last remaining documented person born in 1890. Bolden was the seventh recorded person to reach age 116 without dispute, and the most recent person to do so.
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