Grace Jones
| Grace Jones | |
|---|---|
| Born | Grace Adelaide Jones 7 December 1899 Bermondsey, London, England |
| 💀Died | 14 November 2013[1] (aged 113 years, 342 days) London, England14 November 2013[1] (aged 113 years, 342 days) |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| Known for | Oldest living person in the UK (29 February 2012 – 14 November 2013) |
Grace Adelaide Jones (7 December 1899 – 14 November 2013)[2] was a British supercentenarian, who at the age of 113 years, 342 days,[2] was the oldest verified living person in the United Kingdom.[3] She was the world's sixth-oldest living person until her death in November 2013. Until her death she was the last known living British person to have been born before 1900.[1]
Jones was born in Bermondsey, London, on 7 December 1899. She never married, but was engaged before her fiancé Albert Rees was killed in World War I at the age of nineteen.
On 14 November 2013, following a fall a few weeks previously, Jones died at St Thomas' Hospital in London. Her death was confirmed by MP Simon Hughes.[1]
On Jones' death, Ethel Lang became the UK's oldest living person.
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Oldest person in UK Grace Jones dies aged 113". BBC News.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Validated Living Supercentenarians". Gerontology Research Group. Archived from the original on 2007-12-01. Retrieved 2013-11-17. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Grace Jones, Britain's Oldest Person, Celebrates Christmas". The Huffington Post. December 25, 2012.
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