EL SALVADOR: World's oldest woman Cruz Hernandez dies aged 128

A woman who claimed to be the world's oldest woman died in El Salvador at 128 years old. Family and friends gathered for her funeral and burial. A Salvadoran woman believed to be the world's oldest woman died in her hometown of San Agustin. National records report that Cruz Hernandez was born on May 3, 1878, which would make her 128 years old when she died. Family and friends gathered for her funeral mass and burial on Friday (March 11). According to her daughter, she wasn't ill when she died. "She died because of her age," Maria Hernandez said. "Her illness was gone." Hernandez had 13 children and at least 60 grandchildren, 80 great-grandchildren and 25 great-great grandchildren. National birth registry officials sent Hernandez's documents to the Guinness World Records organization but never heard back.

ITN Source | March 11, 2007

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