# Kane Tanaka turns 119

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [January 1, 2022, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kane-tanaka-turns-119/957044 "2022-01-01T21:23:07Z")
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### Author: ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2022, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kane-tanaka-turns-119/957044/11 "2022-05-23T01:43:38Z")

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Thread from a month ago about Tanaka’s passing here:

> [@World's oldest person dies (Kane Tanaka, age 119)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-oldest-person-dies-kane-tanaka-age-119/963406):
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> World’s oldest living human (by some margin, I think), Japan’s Kane Tanaka, shuffled off her mortal coil a couple of days ago.

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