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Just another birthday for Detroit-area woman -- her 116th
NKSTER, Michigan (AP) -- A Detroit-area woman turned 116 Saturday, but she offers no secret for a long life.
"There's nothing I can do about it," Jeralean Talley of Inkster said ahead of her birthday weekend.
Talley will celebrate her birthday twice, including a party on Sunday at her church, New Jerusalem Missionary Baptist. The Gerontology Research Group considers her to be the oldest person in the world, based on available records, followed by Susannah Jones of Brooklyn, New York, who turns 116 in July.
"You're more likely to the win the lottery than to reach this age," said Robert Young of Gerontology Research.
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