Luo Shimin

	Luo Shimin
	; Luo in 2017
Birth:	25 October 1907; Shexian, Anhui Province, China
Death:	fl.31 October 2017; Shanyin Road, Hongkou, Shanghai, China
Age:	110 years, 6+ days
Country:	CHN
	Unvalidated

Luo Shimin (Chinese: 罗时敏; 25 October 1907 – fl.31 October 2017) was a Chinese supercentenarian whose age is currently unvalidated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).

Biography

Luo claimed to have been born in Shexian, Anhui Province, China on 25 October 1907; however, her oldest daughter, Huang Gaoqin, said that she was actually born in April 1907. Luo's mother died when she was just 8 years old. Thereafter, according to her stories, was treated poorly by her stepmother. Luo Shimin was a daughter-in-law of literati painter, Huang Binhong (1865–1955). She raised four children. Her profession was proofreader at The Commercial Press.

Reportedly, she kept a vegetarian diet most of the time and liked congee. Before her 105th birthday in 2012, Luo Shimin would go out to shop and practiced calligraphy. However, she was injured in a fall in 2013 and, a year later, suffered from pneumonia. She fell again in 2015, but she recovered under the care of her family. Luo Shimin told to the Shanghai Observer that the key to her longevity was staying positive, keeping a regular routine and being taken a good care of by family.

In September 2017, she was reported as the second-oldest living person in Shanghai, behind Xu Senzhen.

Luo Shimin was last known to be alive on 31 October 2017 at the age of 110 years, 6 days. At that time, she lived in Shanyin Road, Hongkou, Shanghai, China with her oldest daughter, Huang Gaoqin (aged 89 in 2017) and son-in-law Zhang Chuanghong (aged 90 in 2017).

Luo Shimin

Biography

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