Mitoyo Kawate at 114

Mitoyo Kawate (川手 ミトヨ Kawate Mitoyo, May 15, 1889 – November 13, 2003) was, at age 114, briefly the oldest recognized person in the world after the death of Kamato Hongo. Image File history File links Mitoyo_Kawate. ... Image File history File links Mitoyo_Kawate. ... Events 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the papal bull ad exstirpanda, which authorizes the torture of heretics in the Medieval Inquisition. ... 1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... November 13 is the 317th day of the year (318th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 48 days remaining. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Kamato Hongo at 116 Kamato Hongo (本郷 かまと Hongō Kamato, September 16, 1887 – October 31, 2003) was the worlds oldest recognized living person from March 2002 until her death. ...

A resident of Hiroshima, she worked on a farm until injuring her hands at the age of 99. Another Hiroshima woman, Asa Takii (1884-1998), had lived to age 114 and had become the oldest in Japan, but Kawate is the oldest person in the city's history and the only one from there to become recognized as oldest in the world. She was known for her fondness for custard. For the movie about the decision process behind the dropping of the nuclear bomb on Hiroshima, see Hiroshima (film). ... Custard is a family of preparations based on milk and eggs, thickened with heat. ...

She was taken to a hospital shortly before her death from pneumonia. Pneumonia is an illness of the lungs and respiratory system in which the microscopic, air-filled sacs (alveoli) responsible for absorbing oxygen from the atmosphere become inflamed and flooded with fluid. ...

Her death left Ramona Trinidad Iglesias-Jordan of Puerto Rico the oldest documented person in the world, though this was not recognized by the Guinness Book until 2004. Ramona Trinidad Iglesias-Jordan (de Soler) (August 31 or September 1, 1889 - May 29, 2004) of Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, was, according to documents compiled in March 2004, the oldest documented person in the world after the death of Mitoyo Kawate, though Charlotte Benkner, months younger, had been given recognition... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• CNN-AP Obituary