The oldest American is dead; long live the oldest American!
Stunning everyone, 114-year-old Mary Josephine Ray died on Sunday. Ray was the oldest living American and, according to the Gerontology Research Group, the second-oldest living person in the world.
Suspiciously, there is already a new oldest person in America: Neva Morris of Iowa, who just happens to be only three months younger than Ray.
So, the new oldest American is 114-years-old, which means she was running out of time for her own reign … unless Ray was out of the way.
Just where were you on Sunday, Ms. Morris, if that is in fact your name?
“The world’s oldest woman has died? It’s almost as if that title is cursed.”
-Tony Kornheiser