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World's oldest person | Besse Cooper
Besse Cooper celebrates her 113th birthday at Walton Regional Medical Center Nursing Home in Monroe, Ga. On Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012, Cooper died in a Georgia nursing home at age 116.
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Besse Cooper, who at 114 years and five months old is the oldest person alive, sits in her room at a nursing home Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011, in Monroe, Ga. On Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012, Cooper died in a Georgia nursing home at age 116.
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