Saturday, January 6, 2007

Emiliano Mercado del Toro: Now Oldest Person

Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Emiliano Mercado del Toro, 115, is now the undisputed longest living elder in the world. And he's Taino!

The previous record-holder, Elizabeth "Lizzie" Bolden, age 116, passed away last Wednesday in Memphis, Tennessee. Lizzie held the record for just 3 months after inheriting it from Maria Esther de Capoville of Ecuador, who died August 28, 2006, also at the age of 116.

Thank you Lizzie and Esther for lives long-lived.

And Congratulations, Viejo! Dios te Bendiga!

Posted by USTaino at 12:44 PM

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