Florence Finch | |
Birth: | 22 December 1893 London, England, UK |
Death: | 10 April 2007 Hastings, New Zealand |
Age: | 113 years, 109 days |
Country: | UK NZL |
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Florence Finch (née Regardsoe) (22 December 1893 – 10 April 2007) was a British born New Zealand supercentenarian. She moved to New Zealand permanently in 1969.
Florence Violet Finch holds the longevity record for New Zealand. Finch was born in London and, although nearly deafblind, celebrated her 113th birthday in Hastings, New Zealand. She died of cardio respiratory failure.
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- Gerontology Research Group
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- NZ's oldest person dies at 113 The New Zealand Herald
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