Background
Luo Meizhen"s official identity documents claimed that she was born in Guangxi on July 9, 1885.
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Her claim was supported by a report from the Gerontological Society of China (GSC) but has not gained widespread acceptance due to the lack of reliable birth records in Guangxi at the time of her birth. However, these documents were issued later in life. Her birth date could not be authoritatively verified as birth records were not kept in the region until 1949.
She was from the Yao ethnic group and lived in Bama county.
Bama is known for the longevity of many of its residents, recording 31.7 supercentenarians per 100,000 people at their 2011 census. Luo was illiterate and worked as a farmer and housewife throughout her life.
Luo had five children. In 2010, the Gerontological Society of China announced that 125-year-old Luo Meizhen was the oldest living person in China.
This also made her a likely claimant to be the oldest living person in the world.
However, the lack of official birth records meant that Guinness World Records was unable to accept the claim of longevity. After a few months of illness, Luo died of natural causes at the claimed age of 127 on June 4, 2013. She had several great-great-grandchildren by the time of her death.
Personality
She was described as a nice but stubborn woman with a strong character.
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Nationality
China