The world's oldest person has died at the age of 116.<br /><br />Born in 1896 in Tennesse, Besse Cooper moved to the US state of Georgia during the First World War to look for work as a teacher.<br /><br />She was first declared the world's oldest person in January 2011 until May that year when Guiness World Records heard that Maria Gomes Valentin of Brazil was 48 days older. <br /><br />...<br />http://www.euronews.net/
