Video Of The Week - Planet's Oldest Person Turns 115
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Gertrude Baines, the Planet's oldest person celebrated her 115th birthday in Los Angeles, Calfornia on April 7th, in what was described a low-key party, with just some music, a cake and a few friends.
Ms. Baines earned the title in January of 2009, after Maria De Jesus from Portugal passed away at the age of 115.
Among the gifts, was an official proclamation of her new status from the Guinness Book of Records, as well as, a letter of congratulations from President Barack Obama.
We wish Ms. Baines our heartiest congratulations and hope to see a similar video next year!
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- zombie girlover 9 yearsHek! I dont think thats that old
- panchito2003over 9 yearsMy grand grand mother is still alive and she is 114
- monkeyinatuxalmost 10 yearsmy granpa is 98 i bet he will break the record.
- bearbearalmost 10 yearsmy grand grand mother was 102 years old. But she passed away. If she was still alive, maybe she broke the record!
- nikukyualmost 10 yearsMy grandma is 96 but's still on a roll! Go grandma!
- charlottem3149about 10 yearsThat would be cool to live that long.
- candylover123about 10 yearscool that's old and my great grandma is 100 years old
- awesome3000over 10 yearsI thought the oldest person on earth would be like, 213 or something.
- happypug12almost 10 yearsNo, the oldest person who ever lived was someone from the Bible who lived to be a little older than 900 years old. : )
- nikukyualmost 10 yearsThat's ooooold...
- werl345almost 11 yearsold!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- coolalmost 11 yearsasome