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Chinese grandmother Fu Suqing celebrated her 119th birthday on August 2 in Chengdu, in the Sichuan province of China. According to official documents, Fu Suqing was born in 1897, back when the emperor of the Qing Dynasty still ruled China. She's left behind quite a large legacy too - 68 people in her immediate family, including six children and a great-great-grandson, who was born just before her birthday.
The world's oldest living person, Misao Ohkawa of Osaka, Japan is feted on the eve of her 117th birthday. Rob Muir reports.
The world's oldest living person, Misao Ohkawa of Osaka, Japan is feted on the eve of her 117th birthday. Rob Muir reports.
The man laying in the hospital bed is Kenny Cridge, and he celebrated his 77th birthday at the Wisteria Care House in Yeovil, Somerset on Wednesday. Kenny's birthday is quite special because he is actually the oldest living person with Down Syndrome on earth. He was born in 1940, when the average life expectancy for someone with Down Syndrome was a mere 12 years.
Do you want to live to be a hundred years old? Well you should have attended the 106th birthday party of Chilean centenarian Edelmira Munoz Concha last weekend - you would have had a chance to get advice from 9 different people aged over a hundred years old. That's right, Edelmira had a very special and unique birthday party with a few very special friends in the Chilean city of Chillan. Eight other people over the age of 100 accepted her invitation and joined her in marking her special day.
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).