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The oldest living American dies in California weeks after turning 116... with the title now going to a Texas woman

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 28, 2024
Edith 'Edie' Ceccarelli (pictured left) died peacefully in her sleep last Thursday, according to Suzanne Picetti-Johnson, who helped with Ceccarelli's birthday celebrations for the past four years. With Ceccarelli's death, Elizabeth Francis, 114, a Texas woman who never smokes, drinks, or eats takeout, has become the oldest living American. According to the Gerontology Research Group, she was also the oldest living African American and the oldest known living person in Texas. In a cozy lounge chair propped up by pillows, the supercentenarian was captured on her birthday last December, looking absolutely radiant and elegant.

After severed head and body parts of a drug dealing child molester were discovered in her freezer, a Brooklyn woman, 44, has been charged with concealing a body

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 26, 2024
Heather Stines, 45, was arrested on Monday night after cops got a warning about the grisly mystery in her apartment (inset), and she discovered a suspiciously taped up refrigerator with the remains of Kawsheen Gelzer (right). Stines underwent a psychological evaluation at Brookdale Hospital on Thursday and was charged with concealment of a human body on Thursday. After her husband Nicholas McGee (pictured together) killed Gelzer in September in a drug feud, the mother-of-two told investigators that she chopped him up and placed the pieces in the freezer and fridge.

From building long-lasting friendships to ALWAYS cooking at home, a 114-year-old woman shares simple advice for living a long and happy life

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 18, 2023
Elizabeth Francis, 114 years old, is still happier than ever, owing to her faith, baked meals, and long-lasting friendships. The Houston, Texas-based woman has shared the secrets to getting older, but also staying young and healthy. The supercentenarian has never been diagnosed with cancer or heart disease, and she continues to live her life to the fullest by doing these four things. She said she never eats fast food and hasn't had even a sip of alcohol in her entire life.