Eva Morris
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| Born | Eva Sharpe (1885-11-08)8 November 1885 |
| Died | (2000-11-02)2 November 2000 (aged 114 years, 360 days) |
Eva Morris (née Sharpe, 8 November 1885 – 2 November 2000) was the oldest recognised person in the world, by the Guinness Book of Records,[1][2] from December 1999 until November 2000.[3] However, the Gerontology Research Group has since then validated the age of Ella Miller (1884-2000), who died on 21 November, meaning Eva Morris was in fact the world’s second-oldest living person.[4] She was a native of Stone, Staffordshire, England.
Morris died in her sleep at 1:25 am at the Autumn House Nursing Home in Stone.
Morris attributed her longevitytowhisky and boiled onions.[5] She was said by friends to enjoy the occasional cigarette and to have ridden a bicycle.[6]
She worked as a domestic servant[7] and was widowed in the 1930s. Morris lived in her own flat until she was 107, when she moved to a nursing home after a chest infection. Her only child Winnie died of cancer in 1975 at the age of 62.
