LOS ANGELES - The world's oldest person, 115-year-old African-American woman Gertrude Baines died in Los Angeles on Friday, hospital officials said.
Baines, whose epic life encompassed 21 US Presidents, two World Wars, the Wright Brothers' maiden flight in 1903 and Neil Armstrong's first steps on the Moon, died at the Western Convalescent Hospital. Baines had lived at the hospital for 11 years. - AFP
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