World's Oldest Person Dies at 115

People | January 24, 2007, Wednesday // 00:00

The world's oldest person, Emiliano Mercado del Toro, has died aged 115 at his home in Puerto Rico, BBC reported.

The man became the world's oldest person last month when 116-year-old Elizabeth Bolden died in Tennessee.

Mercado del Toro had been married three times but never had children.

A woman in Connecticut, Emma Faust Tillman, who is 114, is now believed to be the oldest living person.

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