I was disappointed to hear that the world's oldest person, 115-year-old African-American woman Gertrude Baines, has died.
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 WesternConvalescent Hospital on Friday, hospital officials said.
According to the Los Angeles-based Gerontology Research Group, the world's oldest living person is now a 114-year-old Japanese woman, Kama Chinen of Okinawa, but if I were Kama I would not be too happy about it as it would appear that the title is cursed, with all of it's recipients having died soon after receiving the award. Me thinks that the Gerontology Group should be investigated for harm brought unto our senior citizens.
It is digraceful what some people try and perpetrate on the elder members of society.
