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By Tyler Andrews | July 16, 2021 |

We recently told you about Mrs. Hester Ford, the oldest supercentenarian in the US. She lived to be 115 or 116. And Jeanne Calment of France is the oldest supercentenarian on record. She lived 122 years and 164 days at the time of her death in 1997. But a recent study published in the journal…

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115. Or 116.

By Tyler Andrews | April 22, 2021 |

Hester Ford, the oldest person in the U.S., a supercentenarian, has died.  She was either 115 or 116 years old. It depends on which U.S. Census Bureau documents you read. Either way, Mrs. Hester was the oldest person on record from the United States as of July 30, according to data compiled by the Gerontology…

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