Misao Okawa (March 5, 1898 - April 1, 2015)
In perspective, Misao Okawa was three months old when, during the Spanish American War, on June 1, 1898, Teddy Roosevelt and his Rough Riders stopped over here in Pensacola on their way to Cuba and the Battle of San Juan Hill.
Okawa is the verified oldest Japanese person ever, the oldest person ever born in Asia, and the fifth oldest verified person ever recorded. Okawa was the 30th person verified to have reached age 115, the tenth verified person to reach the age of 116 and the fifth verified person to reach the age of 117. She was also the last living Japanese person verified to have been born in the 1800s.
That leaves only 4 people in the world, still living, who’s birth date year begins with “18.” Time marches on. Only four — and counting down……
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