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By Shirty | Published: January 19, 2007

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070119/ap_on_re_ca/obit_oldest_woman_2 I get a cynical laugh out of these “oldest person has died” stories, both for the fact that they’re vaguely reminiscent of monarchical transitions (monarchy travels faster than the speed of light), and the thought that the new inheritors must find all the attention a bit stressful, as well as somewhat ghoulish. Julie Winnifred […]

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