Maria Gabriela Calderon | |
![]() Calderon at the age of 107. | |
Birth: | 22 February 1912 Adrogue, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina |
Death: | 29 September 2022 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Age: | 110 years, 219 days |
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Maria Gabriela "Tunten" Calderon de la Barca Curutchet [Spanish: María Gabriela Calderón] (22 February 1912 – 29 September 2022) was an Argentinian supercentenarian whose age was validated by Gerontology Research Group (GRG) in 2023.
Biography[]
Maria Gabriela Calderon was born in Adrogue, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina on 22 February 1912. Her parents were Angel Maria Calderon de la Barca Romero and Enriqueta Curutchet Salthuis.
Calderon married Rodolfo Jorge Zimmermann Boveda in 1937. The couple had 12 children (including Rodolfo Maria Zimmermann Calderon de la Barca, and Dolores Zimmermann). She got widowed in 1976.
In October 2019, at the age of 107, Calderon voted in the general election.
As of April 2021, Calderon had 58 grandchildren, 118 great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren.
In February 2022, Calderon celebrated her 110th birthday.
Calderon died in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 29 September 2022, at the age of 110 years, 219 days. At the time of her death, she was the second-oldest known (documented) living person in Argentina, behind Isabel Barletta.
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- Las personas más longevas Supercentenarios Latinoamericanos (LAS)
- María Gabriela Calderón de la Barca Curutchet Geni
- El lunes pasado apareció aquí la historia de María Gabriela Calderón de la Barca de Zimmermann, Tuntén, que tiene 105 años La Nacion on Facebook, 31 July 2017
- Tiene 107 años, quiere votar pero no figura en el padrón Somos Jujuy, 11 August 2019
- Una belleza de 109 años Revista Nordelta, April 2021
- Maria Gabriela Calderon de la Barca Curutchet "de" Zimmermann, nacida el 20/02/1912 en Argentina... mi abuela Tunten hoy cumple 110 años!!!!! Ivan Espeche Gil on Facebook, 22 February 2022
- Death mention Cocho Banegas on Facebook, 30 September 2022