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Eva Morris
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Eva Morris (née Sharpe, 8 November 1885 - 2 November 2000) was the oldest recognised person in the world, by the Guinness World Records, from 30 December 1999 until her death on 2 November 2000. She was a native of Stone, Staffordshire, England. Morris died in her sleep at 1:25 A.M. at the Autumn House Nursing Home in Stone. There had been claims that a Dominican woman, Elizabeth Israel, was 125 years old, but the Guinness World Records said Morris had taken the title because her date of birth could be fully authenticated. She was said by friends to enjoy the occasional cigarette and to have ridden a bicycle. She worked as a domestic servant and was widowed in the 1930s. Morris lived in her own flat until she was 107, when she moved to a nursing home after a chest infection. Her only child Winnie died of cancer in 1975 at the age of 62. |
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