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Iowa Woman Now Oldest Person On Earth

Iowa Woman Now Oldest Person On Earth

By: Channel 9 Eyewitness News
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An Iowa woman is now the oldest person on Earth.

At 115 years of age, Dina Manfredini of Johnston Iowa became the oldest person in the world after the death of 116 year old Besse Cooper of Georgia.

Cooper passed away at a nursing home on Tuesday afternoon.

To give you a bit of perspective, Dina lived through two world wars, and when she was born, there were only 45 stars on the U.S. flag.

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