America’s oldest woman has died aged 115 after living through 21 presidents, the Spanish Flu and the Great Depression.
Bessie Hendricks passed away at the Shady Oaks Care Center in Lake City, Iowa, on Tuesday, her funeral home announced.
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The supercentenarian was born on November 7, 1907, and turned 115 two months ago, having taken over as the oldest living woman in the country last January.
She was also believed to be the fourth oldest person alive in the world before she died this week.
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