US | oldest person World's Oldest Person Dead at 116 Which means that a Brooklyn woman takes her place By Newser Editors and Wire Services Posted Jun 18, 2015 6:11 PM CDT Copied This photo taken April 24, 2015, shows Jeralean Talley. (Daniel Mears/Detroit News via AP) Jeralean Talley managed to reign as the world's oldest person for a little more than two months. But the 116-year-old Michigan woman died yesterday at home, "just where she wanted to be," her daughter tells AP. Talley's death means that Susannah Jones of Brooklyn now gets the oldest-person honor in the eyes of the Gerontology Research Group. Jones turns 116 next month. She is the fourth different "oldest person" since April, following two other recent deaths. (A 110-year-old man in Nebraska credits his daily can of beer for his longevity.) Read These Next He went to kill a Cape buffalo. Instead, it killed him. 5 soldiers shot at largest Army installation east of the Mississippi. He shot a couple dead in early June, has yet to be caught. JD Vance in hot water over birthday boating trip. Report an error