Nabi Tajima, Last Known Survivor of the 19th Century, Dead at 117

  • 6 years ago
Japanese woman Nabi Tajima, the last surviving child of the 19th century and the 3rd oldest person in recorded human history, has died, her family says. She was 117 years old. Tajima passed away at 8 p.m. local time on Saturday at a hospital on the Japanese island of Kikaijima, where she lived all of her life. She died of natural causes, a relative said. James Valles reports. (BNO News)

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