Eva Morris
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Eva Morris at 114
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| Born | Eva Sharpe 8 November 1885 Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Died | 2 November 2000 (aged Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.) Stone, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Former domestic servant |
Eva Morris (née Sharpe, 8 November 1885 – 2 November 2000) was the oldest recognised person in the world, by the Guinness Book of Records,[1][2] from December 1999 until November 2000.[3] She was a native of Stone, Staffordshire, England.
Morris died in her sleep at 1:25 am 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 Book of Records said Morris had taken the title because her date of birth could be fully authenticated.[4]
Morris attributed her longevity to whisky and boiled onions.[4] She was said by friends to enjoy the occasional cigarette and to have ridden a bicycle.[5]
She worked as a domestic servant[6] 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.
See also
References
- ↑ "Eva Morris, 114, World's Oldest Woman, The Philadelphia Inquirer, 3 November 2000
- ↑ "The lively art of defying death", Ben De Pear, The Guardian, 19 April 2000
- ↑ " Chronological Listing Of All Supercentenarians", Gerontology Research Group, 17 February 2007
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 World's oldest woman dies in Britain", CNN, 2 November 2000
- ↑ "The World's Oldest Woman", University of Andalusia
- ↑ "Oldest woman dies", Neil Tweedie, Irish Independent, 3 November 2000
