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Sarah DeRemer Knauss ( née Clark; September 24, 1880 – December 30, 1999) was an American supercentenarian. She is the oldest person ever from the United States and, on April 16, 1998, became the world's oldest living person.
Sarah DeRemer Knauss (née Clark; 24 September 1880 – 30 December 1999) was a validated American supercentenarian who was the oldest living person in the world from the death of Marie-Louise Meilleur on 16 April 1998 until her own death on 30 December 1999 at the age of 119 years, 97 days.
Dec 31, 1999 · “So what,” said Sarah Knauss nearly two years ago when she was told that she was the world’s oldest living person. Knauss relinquished the title Thursday when she died at the age of 119.
Sarah DeRemer Knauss (née Clark; September 24, 1880 – December 30, 1999) was an American supercentenarian, and the world's oldest living person between the death of Canadian woman Marie-Louise Meilleur on April 16, 1998, and her own death from natural causes aged 119 years, 97 days.
Aug 20, 2023 · Join us as we delve into the extraordinary life of Sarah Knauss, an American supercentenarian who holds the distinction of being the oldest person ever from the United States. Born in 1880,...
Dec 31, 1999 · Sarah Knauss, who lived through 100 years of history and change, passed away at 119 in her favorite chair, 33 hours before the new century. She was born in 1880 in Pennsylvania and witnessed the Titanic, two world wars, the moon landing and more.
Mrs. Sarah Knauss held the title of the world's oldest living person (according to The Guinness Book of Records) for a little over two years when she died at the age of 119. She died in Allentown, Pennsylvania in the nursing home where she had lived for the last nine years.
