Emma Morano was born on November 29, 1899. She was also believed to have been the last surviving person in the world who was born in the 1800s.
Dr Carlo Bava told The Associated Press by telephone that Morano's caretaker called him to say the woman had passed away on Saturday afternoon while sitting in an armchair in her home in Verbania, a town on Lake Maggiore.
"She had an extraordinary life, and we will always remember her strength to move forward in life," the mayor of Verbania was quoted as saying by Italian media.
But I do not eat much because I have no teeth," she said in her home at the time, where the Guinness World Records certificate declaring her to be the oldest person alive held pride of place on a marble-topped chest of drawers.
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