The Passing Age of Centenarians 4/2/13

America lost its oldest living person in Elise Thompson.  She was born April 5th, 1899.  She was one of 14 people still alive on the planet who were born in the 19th century.

Here is what is weird:  When I was in school, my psychology teacher talked about death, and that for some reason, men die right after major milestones, while women die right before.  I think there were theories, but no definitive answer.  Elise died on March 21st, 15 days before her 114th birthday.

With her passing, she gives the mantle of Oldest American to Jeralean Talley, who doubles as the oldest black person on the planet as well.  She is still behind Japan’s Jiroemon Kimura at 115 years of age.