Maria Pereira dos Santos | |
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Birth: | 20 December 1900? Canela Dema, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
Death: | 14 May 2020 Canela Dema, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
Age: | 119 years, 146 days? |
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Longevity claimant |
Maria Pereira dos Santos (20 December 1900? – 14 May 2020) was a Brazilian longevity claimant whose age is currently unvalidated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).
Biography[]
Maria Pereira dos Santos claimed to have been born in Canela Dema, Minas Gerais, Brazil, on 20 December 1900. She married in 1929, but she and her husband separated in around 1958. She had seven children (one deceased as of 2020).
She worked in the field until 2016, when she suffered a stroke. In December 2019, she celebrated her claimed 119th birthday.
Pereira dos Santos died in Canela Dema, Minas Gerais, Brazil, on 14 May 2020 at the claimed age of 119 years, 146 days. At the time of her death, she had seven grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren.
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- Aos 110 anos, mineira esbanja saúde no Norte de Minas Jornal Estado de Minas, 25 June 2011
- Moradora do Norte de Minas tem 119 anos Aconteceu no Vale, 14 January 2020
- Morre brasileira que nasceu em 1900 e tentava ser reconhecida como a pessoa viva mais velha do mundo pelo Guinness Book Correio do Povo de Alagoas, 15 May 2020