Death of Dina Manfredini

April 4, 1897 - December 17, 2012
Johnston, Iowa | Age 115

115-year-old woman dies, was world's oldest person
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BARBARA RODRIGUEZ, The Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A 115-year-old Iowa woman has died less than two weeks after inheriting the title of world's oldest person, her family said Monday.

Dina Manfredini, who lived at the Bishop Drumm Retirement Center in Johnston, died Monday morning, according to her granddaughter Lori Logli. Logli said Manfredini had been suffering from a fever.

Guinness World Records confirmed Manfredini inherited the title of world's oldest...

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