World’s oldest person celebrates 117th birthday today

Emma Morano, who has her personal Wikipedia entry, lives in Verbania, the town in northern Italy, Joinfo.com reports.

According to Morano’s doctor, she is still in relatively good health.

Emma has also been officially recognized the oldest person in the world since May, when Susannah Mushatt Jones died in New York. The centenarian is celebrating her birthday at the nursing home, where she has lived for twenty years. She spends most of the day in bed.