LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Just days after becoming the world's oldest documented person, 116-year-old Gertrude Weaver died Monday in Arkansas. Weaver became the oldest person in the world after the death ...

She had assumed the title last week. The cause of death was complications from pneumonia. The world's oldest person is now Jeralean Talley, who... Last week Gertrude Weaver of Arkansas became the ...

Last week, Gertrude Weaver was unofficially named the world's oldest person, and she celebrated by having her nails painted pink and answering reporters' questions. On Monday — just six days later — ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Just days after becoming the world's oldest documented person, 116-year-old Gertrude Weaver died Monday in Arkansas. Weaver became the oldest person in the world after the death of ...

Gertrude Weaver, the world's oldest person for just five days, died Monday in Arkansas. She was 116. Weaver, who was born July 4, 1898, to sharecroppers near the Texas border, died at 10:12 a.m. at ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – A south Arkansas woman celebrated her 116th birthday Friday with cake, a party and a new title – she’s now officially the oldest confirmed living American and second-oldest person ...

In this Thursday, July 3, 2014, file photo, Gertrude Weaver poses at Silver Oaks Health and Rehabilitation Center in Camden, Ark., a day before her 116th birthday. With the death of a 117-year-old ...

CAMDEN, AR (KARK) – “I’ve been here long.” Long is an understatement for Gertrude Weaver. “Yeah, how do I look?” Born in 1898, near Texarkana, Arkansas, Gertrude spent most of her life as a ...

A south Arkansas woman celebrated her 116th birthday Friday with cake, a party and a new title — she's now officially the oldest confirmed living American and second-oldest person in the world, the ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Just days after becoming the world’s oldest documented person, 116-year-old Gertrude Weaver has died Monday in Arkansas. Weaver became the oldest person in the world after the ...