Russian Woman Said To Be Worlds Oldest Person Dies At Age 123

(Daily Star) Lucy Domachowski Oct 30 2019 12:13 The worlds oldest human" has died at the age of 123. Russian officials have claimed Tanzilya Bisembeyeva has passed away as the worlds oldest person. Tanzilya was reportedly born in the late-19th century on March 14 1896. She raised four children and she will be survived by ten grandchildren 13 great-grandchildren and two great great-grandchildren. The great-great-grandmother claimed she was the worlds oldest living person in 2016 - after telling officials she had celebrated her 120th birthday. Pictures emerged of Tanzilya with her family in the village of Alcha in the Krasny Yar district in the region of Astrakhan southern Russia. The widow is said to have been born in 1896 and if her claims are true she beats the current Guinness World Record holder Japanese Kane Tanaka by more than seven years. Back in 2016 according to the Russian Book of World Records Tanzilya Bisembeyeva was officially recognized as the worlds oldest living person at the age of 120. In 2017 Nanu Shaova who claimed to be 127 from Kabardino-Balkaria in the North Caucasus beat her alleged record becoming Russias alleged oldest living person. However she died in January 2019 and Bisembeyeva reclaimed her title in Russia.