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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. She is the third-oldest verified person ever, living to the age of 119 years and 97 days.
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.
Knauss was the seventh validated person to reach the age of 115, the fourth to reach 116, the third to reach 117, and the second to reach 118 and 119. She is also the third-oldest validated person ever, after Jeanne Calment of France and Kane Tanaka of Japan.
Dec 31, 1999 · HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Throughout her 119 years, Sarah Knauss never stopped being amazed by mankind's genius in conceiving new ways to hurt, heal, explore and survive. She wept gently when told how the Titanic was swallowed by the sea, and cheered when the boys came home from two world wars.
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.
Dec 31, 1999 · Sarah Knauss, whose claim is recognised by the Guinness Book of Records, died on Thursday at the age of 119, just missing the new millennium. Mrs Knauss died of natural causes in a nursing home...
Apr 16, 1998 · The oldest person to accede to the title of oldest living person is Sarah DeRemer Knauss (USA, 24 September 1880–30 December 1999), who was aged 117 years 204 days on the death of the previous holder Marie-Louise Meilleur (Canada) on 16 April 1998.
Dec 31, 1999 · Sarah Knauss, listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the world's oldest person, died Thursday at the age of 119, according to a spokeswoman at the Allentown nursing...
