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Natividad Martinez de la Cruz

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Natividad Martinez de la Cruz
Natividad Martinez de la Cruz
Birth: 4 January 1900?
Altamira, Dominican Republic
Death: 25 October 2021
Santo Domingo Norte, Dominican Republic
Age: 121 years, 294 days?
Country: Dominican RepublicDOM
Longevity claimant

Natividad Martinez de la Cruz (4 January 1900? – 25 October 2021) was a false and exaggerated Dominican Republic longevity claimant, to the world's oldest person title.

Biography

Martinez de la Cruz claimed to have been born on 4 January 1900, in Altamira, Puerto Plata province, Dominican Republic. She married Gregorio Silverio, with whom she had five children. She had about 40 grandchildren. She was an evangelical Christian, and was sometimes taken to church by her daughter. She reportedly voted in the most recent Dominican presidential election in 2012.

She died in the El Reventon de La Victoria community, in Santo Domingo Norte, Dominican Republic on 25 October 2021 at the claimed age of 121 years, 294 days.

Age Issue

The only documentation Martinez de la Cruz has provided to support her claimed age is a recently-issued identity card. If her claimed age were true, she would be just under three years older than the world's oldest validated person at the time of her death, Kane Tanaka, and because of this she will probably not be verified.

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