She was the oldest living person in the world for the eight months preceding her death, and remains both the oldest verified person in Canadian history and the fourth oldest verified person in the world.
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The event was also attended by Bernice Madigan, a Massachusetts resident who would become one of the oldest people in the world in 2013.
She is among the 100 verified oldest people ever and is currently the world's third oldest living person.