Source: Times of Israel
Yesterday world's oldest person, today no more. Emma Morano has passed away at the ripe old age of 117. Born on 29th November 1899, she was the last person alive born in the 1800s. The 1800s could be the most important century in human history, with the industrial and scientific revolution in particular sparking off an exponential increase in... nearly every kind of human development. One that continues to this day. End of an era! Today, the "new" oldest person in the world is Violet Brown, born in March 1900. (As @preparedwombat points out below, that would technically also count as the 19th century. So, to correct myself - born in the 1800s.)
Of course, someone from some rural area in Siberia is going to claim to be 150 anyday... But we can safely discount those.
Morano herself has an interesting story. Kicking out her husband at the height of Fascist Italy - that takes some doing!
Check it out: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39610937