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Iris Estay
Iris Estay
Iris Estay on her 110th birthday in 2020.
Birth: 3 September 1910?
Quilota, Chile
Death: 26 November 2021
Chile
Age: 111 years, 84 days?
Country: ChileCHL
Longevity claimant

Iris Estay (3 September 1910?/3 September 1923 – 26 November 2021) was a false and exaggerated Chilean supercentenarian claimant whose age has been debunked.

Biography[]

Iris Estay was born in Quilota, Chile, on 3 September 1923 (claimed 1910). Her father lived to be 102 years (although he claimed to be 112 years) and her twin sister died on 12 November 2012 at the age of 102 years. Allegedly, her mother died at the age of 114 years.

Allegedly, her mother was 52 years when Iris was born and Iris was 50 years when her last child was born.

She had her first stroke when she was 62 years after the death of her father, the second stroke when she was allegedly 102 years, the third stroke when she was allegedly 108 years, and since then she had been bedridden, the fourth stroke when she was allegedly 108 years, the fifth stroke when she was allegedly 109 years, the sixth stroke when she was allegedly 110 years.

In September 2020, she celebrated her claimed 110th birthday.

COVID-19 Survival[]

On 27 September 2020, Estay tested positive for COVID-19 during the coronavirus pandemic. However, as of 12 October 2020, she successfully recovered.

On 25 February 2021, when she was at hospital, Estay tested positive for COVID-19 for the second time, but had recovered in March 2021. On 1 April 2021, she was vaccinated against Covid-19.

On 14 April 2021, Estay was hospitalized for a stroke (her seventh one).

Iris Estay died in Chile on 26 November 2021, at the age of 98 years, 84 days (claimed 111 years, 84 days).

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