| Virginia Moyano | |
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| Birth: | 17 May 1904 Cordoba, Cordoba, Argentina |
| Death: | 20 June 2017 La Rioja, La Rioja, Argentina |
| Age: | 113 years, 34 days |
| Country: |  ARG
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| Validated | |
Secundina Virginia Moyano Ponce (17 May 1904 – 20 June 2017) was an Argentinian supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). At the time of her death she was oldest living person in Argentina.
Biography
Secundina Virginia Moyano Ponce was born in Cordoba, Cordoba, Argentina on 17 May 1904, and was baptized on 9 July 1904. She was the sixth of eight children born to Jose Moyano and Casimira Ponce. She attended school until the sixth grade. In her youth, her boyfriend was a Chilean man, Andres Bergontini, but he left her to marry another, more wealthy woman. Moyano never got married herself, and had no children, but had a large number of nieces and nephews.
In her later years, Moyano lived with her niece in a nursing home in La Rioja, Argentina. Following her niece's death in April 2016, Moyano moved to live with her grand-nephews and great-grand-nephews.
She became the oldest known living person in Argentina following the death of 112-year-old Luisa Roncoroni on 1 September 2015.
On 17 May 2017, she turned 113 and became the first person in Argentina to reach this age.
Secundina Virginia Moyano Ponce died in La Rioja, La Rioja, Argentina on 20 June 2017 at the age of 113 years, 34 days. She was the oldest validated person ever from Argentina until 13 May 2020, when her age was surpassed by Casilda Benegas.
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References
- 2019 validations Gerontology Research Group
- EL EJEMPLO DE VIDA VIRGINIA CON 106 AÑOS YouTube, 25 April 2010
- A los 113 años, murió Virginia, la cordobesa más longeva La Voz, 20 June 2017
- Falleció la mujer más longeva de la capital Riojana Radio Fenix, 20 June 2017