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She worked as a [[domestic worker|domestic servant]]<ref>[http://www.independent.ie/world-news/world-digest-361869.html "Oldest woman dies"], Neil Tweedie, [[Irish Independent]], 3 November 2000</ref> 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. Eva Morris died less than a week before her 115th birthday, making her the person closest to have reached this age without actually doing so. |
She worked as a [[domestic worker|domestic servant]]<ref>[http://www.independent.ie/world-news/world-digest-361869.html "Oldest woman dies"], Neil Tweedie, [[Irish Independent]], 3 November 2000</ref> 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. Eva Morris died less than a week before her 115th birthday, making her the person closest to have reached this age without actually doing so. |
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Morris is the oldest british person to live into 2000, and still holds that title as the 10th anniversairy of her death approaches (2 November 2010) |
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==See also== |
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Eva Morris | |
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| File:Eva Morris.jpg Eva Morris at 114 | |
| Born | 8 November 1885 Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Died | 2 November 2000 (aged 114 years, 360 days) 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 had become the oldest person in the UK following the passing of Annie Jennings (12 November 1884 – 20 November 1999), who died only eight days after turning 115. Morris, for her part, died in her sleep at 1.25AM, just six days short of her 115th birthday at the Autumn House Nursing Home in Stone. She was the last surviving person documented as born in 1885.
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. Eva Morris died less than a week before her 115th birthday, making her the person closest to have reached this age without actually doing so.
See also
- List of British supercentenarians
- List of the verified oldest people
- Longevity
- Oldest people
- Supercentenarian
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
- ^ a b 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