118-year-old South African Margaret Maritz celebrates her birthday, potentially becoming the world's oldest living person.

South African Margaret Maritz celebrated her 118th birthday on September 27, 2023, at a care home in Touws River. If her identity card, which claims her birth date as September 27, 1906, is verified, she would surpass Japanese Tomiko Itooka, currently the oldest living person. Maritz, known as 'Ouma Honderd,' shows signs of mild dementia but remains positive. The oldest verified person remains French Jeanne Calment, who died at 122 in 1997.

September 27, 2024
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