| Apullanalada Ukku | |
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| Birth: | 22 October 1897? Bulathgamuwa, Kehelapannala, Kegalle District, Sri Lanka |
| Death: | 1 February 2014 Bulathgamuwa, Kehelapannala, Kegalle District, Sri Lanka |
| Age: | 116 years, 102 days? |
| Country: |  LKA
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| Longevity claimant | |
Apullanalada Ukku [Sinhala: අපුල්ලනලෑ උක්කු] (22 October 1897? – 1 February 2014) was a Sri Lankan longevity claimant.
Biography[]
Apullanalada Ukku claimed to have been born in Bulathgamuwa, Kehelapannala, Kegalle District, Sri Lanka, on 22 October 1897. She had eight children and around 80 grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Ukku's husband died in 1998 at the claimed age of 111. Her oldest daughter, Yu. G. Sophia [Sinhala: යූ. ජී. සොපියා], was 91 years old in 2014.
Following the death of 116-year-old Jiroemon Kimura on 12 June 2013, Ukku became a claimant for the title of the world’s oldest living person. Some days before her death, she suffered a fall.
Apullanalada Ukku died in Bulathgamuwa, in the city of Kehelapannala, Kegalle District, Sri Lanka on 1 February 2014, at the claimed age of 116 years, 102 days. If her claimed age were validated, she would be the oldest person ever from Sri Lanka.
References[]
- 116-year-old Sri Lankan is world's oldest person Emirates24/7, 14 June 2013
- ලොව වයස්ගතම දෙවැනි කත ‘මාවනැල්ලේ උක්කු අම්මා’ දැයෙන් සමු ගනී දිනමිණ, 8 February 2014
- Sri Lankan woman dies at 117 years. Was she the oldest living person in Asia? The Island, 8 February 2014 (Archived)