Myra Nicholson
| Myra Nicholson | |
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| Born | 14 December 1894 Clark's Hill, Ballarat, Victoria Australia |
| 💀Died | 20 September 2007 (aged 112 years, 280 days) Box Hill, Blackburn, Victoria, Australia20 September 2007 (aged 112 years, 280 days) |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| Title | Supercentenarian |
Myra Leviston Nicholson (14 December 1894 – 20 September 2007) was the oldest living person in Australia and the 11th-oldest validated living person in the world following the death of French doyenne Marie-Simone Capony on 15 September 2007.
Nicholson came from Blackburn, Victoria, but was born at Clarkes Hill, near Ballarat on 14 December 1894. She descended from a family with a history of longevity – many lived well into their 90s, and a distant relative,[1] Vera Labbett, lived to 109.[2]
Nicholson shopped independently until in her 90s and was still enjoying life at age 100. She described her centennial in 1994 as "lovely".[3]
She lived on her own until the age of 102, and became Australia's oldest living person upon the death of 111-year-old Alice Lindsay on 1 July 2004 and became a supercentenarian on 14 December the same year. In July 2006 she was the subject of a controversy in which she had to move out of the closing Blackburn Aged Care Facility and into her family's home.[4]
She died on 20 September 2007 due to a mild case of bronchitis.[5] Shortly before her death, bedridden Nicholson was quoted as saying, "I can't do anything by myself. I get sick of it".[3]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Vera almost Australia's oldest person". The Courier. 10 November 2004. Retrieved 22 October 2009.
- ↑ Woolmore, Deborah (22 August 2006). "LABBETT. – Vera". Herald Sun. Retrieved 22 October 2009.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Shtargot, Sasha (11 February 2006). "Journey from cradle to grave gets ever longer". The Age. Retrieved 14 March 2007.
- ↑ "The Blackburn Aged Care Facility Dispute". University of Wollongong. September 2006. Archived from the original on 10 September 2007. Retrieved 20 September 2007.
- ↑ "Oldest Aussie dead at 112". Herald Sun. 22 September 2007. Retrieved 22 September 2007.
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