TOKYO (AFP) – The world’s oldest person, Japanese woman Kama Chinen, has died a week short of her 115th birthday after a life spanning three centuries, Guinness World Records said Tuesday. Chinen lived on Okinawa in Japan’s far south, a sub-tropical island whose inhabitants are well known for their robust health into advanced age. “Guinness World Records is saddened to learn the news of the death of the oldest living person, Kama Chinen from Japan, who died on May 2, 2010 aged 114 years 357 days,” the organisation said. “Though confined to a wheelchair in her later years, Chinen still…
I think I received this email last year but I decided to keep a copy of it somewhere in my local drive. Today, while cleaning up some files, I discovered this again. Hence, I think that this is the best time for me to have this story posted in my blog. For those who haven’t read this story, this will surely give you great thoughts to ponder. There was a young woman who had been diagnosed with a terminal illness and had been given three months to live. So as she was getting her things “in order,” she contacted her…