2 of oldest people in US die: in NH 114, Mich. 113
WESTMORELAND, N.H. (AP) - Two of the oldest people in the world
have died on the same day, one in New Hampshire and one in
Michigan.
Mary Josephine Ray was certified as the oldest person living in
the United States. Her granddaughter Katherine Ray says she died in
a Westmoreland, N.H., nursing home Sunday at 114 years, 294 days.
The Gerontology Research Group says Daisey Bailey died in
Detroit hours later at 113 years, 342 days. The group tracks and
studies old people and certifies those 110 or older, called
supercentenarians.
The group says Ray was the oldest person in the United States
and the second-oldest in the world.
The oldest living U.S. resident is now in Ames, Iowa. Neva
Morris is 114 years, 216 days.
The oldest person in the world is Japan's Kama Chinen at age 114
years, 301 days.
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