According to this news story, the world's oldest person has died…again. It seems like every few weeks when I pick up the newspaper, I read that the world's oldest person has died. If fact, just two weeks ago, the world's oldest person died. This is only a few months after the previous world's oldest person died. What is this epidemic and why is no one doing anything about it?
Obviously, being the world's oldest person is a curse. You get the title and within a year or two, you're gone. The latest holder of the title, Mitoyo Kawate, received it and before she'd even had time to enjoy it, she was dead. Is that fair?
You'll never catch me being the world's oldest person. It's way too dangerous.