× Oldest person in the world dies in Jamaica at age 117

JAMAICA – Jamaican supercentenarian Violet Mosse-Brown has died at the age of 117, Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness tweeted Friday evening. The oldest person in the world who was the last living subject of Queen Victoria and worked for 'masters' on a Caribbean sugar plantation has died aged 117. She became the world's oldest person on April 15 this year at 117 and 38 days, taking the title from Italian Emma Morano, whose life spanned three centuries and was born in 1899. Her death means Japan's Nabi Tajima, also 117, is now the oldest known human on the planet.
Jamaican Violet Mosse-Brown, the world's oldest person, dies in Montego Bay at age 117.