The world's oldest person turns 116
Besse Cooper, the world's oldest person, turned 116 on August 26.
According to information from the World Record Organization, Mrs. Besse Cooper, from Georgia (USA), is the 8th person in the world and the 4th in the US to be recognized to reach this age.
Mr. Cooper was born on August 26, 1896, in Sullivan, in northern Tennessee - the same year as comedian George Burns and writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. In 1917, during World War I, Mr. Besse moved to
In January 2011, Mr. Cooper was recognized by the World Records Organization as the world's oldest living person. However, he had to give up this title to Mrs. Maria Gomes Valentin, who was born 48 days before Mr. Cooper.
On June 21, 2011, when Valentin passed away at the age of 115, Cooper was once again honored as the world's oldest person.
Besse has 12 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. Walton County officials also held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on August 24 to honor Cooper's tenacity. The bridge is located on New Hope Road over the Alcovy River in mid-Georgia, near where Cooper was a teacher as a young woman.
When asked about the secret to longevity, the old lady shared: "I eat a lot of vegetables and never snack."
"My mother eats a lot of vegetables, moderately eats protein-rich foods. And especially loves to work, especially taking care of the plants around the house. The older she gets, the funnier she becomes."
To date, the oldest person in the world is recognized as a French woman, Jeane Calmet, who lived to be 122 years old. She was born in 1875 and died in 1997.
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