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Maria Gabriela Calderon
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
Country: ArgentinaARG
Validated

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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