| Maria Gomes dos Reis | |
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| Birth: | 16 June 1900? Bom Jesus da Lapa, Bahia, Brazil |
| Death: | 8 June 2024 Bom Jesus da Lapa, Bahia, Brazil |
| Age: | 123 years, 358 days? |
| Country: |  BRA
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| Longevity claimant | |
Maria Gomes dos Reis (16 June 1900? - 8 June 2024) was a Brazilian longevity claimant whose age is currently unvalidated by the Guinness World Records (GWR). If her claimed age were validated, she would have been older than Brazil and South America’s oldest validated person ever, Francisca Celsa dos Santos, the world’s oldest living validated person, Maria Branyas Morera, and the oldest validated person in history, Jeanne Calment.
Biography[]
Maria Gomes dos Reis claimed to have been born in the village of Bela Vista, in Bom Jesus da Lapa, Bahia, Brazil on 16 June 1900. She had eight children (seven of them died in infancy).
Around 2014, she fractured her pelvis and was bedridden.
As of May 2022, she has seven grandchildren (including Celia Cristina), 13 great-grandchildren (including Vitoria Stefani Gomes (aged 26) and Ivanilde Gomes), and seven great-great-grandchildren.
At the claimed age of 121, she didn't have any chronic diseases, but was facing difficulties due to forgetfulness.
Maria Gomes dos Reis died on 8 June 2024, at the claimed age of 123 years, 358 days, just 8 days before her claimed 124th birthday. She lived with her granddaughter Celia Cristina (aged 63 in May 2022).
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- Idosa de 121 anos é 'descoberta' após atendimento médico na BA e pode ser a mais velha do mundo: 'A gente fica até abismada', diz neta G1, 3 May 2022
- De melancia a mocotó: o cardápio da idosa de 121 anos da Bahia G1, 4 May 2022
- This 121-year-old could be world’s oldest person: ‘We’re amazed’ New York Post, 4 May 2022
- ‘World’s oldest person’ who claims she’s 121 is ‘found’ in Brazil – and says she has the birth certificate to prove it The Sun, 4 May 2022
- ‘World’s oldest living person’ found in Brazil ahead of 122nd birthday Metro, 5 May 2022
- Baiana de 121 anos pode ser a mulher mais velha do mundo Agência Brasil, 9 May 2022
- Mulher apontada como a pessoa mais velha do mundo completa 122 anos em Bom Jesus da Lapa Noticias da Lapa, 16 June 2022
- Bom Jesus da Lapa: Mulher apontada como a pessoa mais velha do mundo completa 122 anos Sudoestebahia.com, 17 June 2022
- Mention at 123
- Possível baiana mais velha do mundo morre aos 123 anos