Los Angeles:
She once said she had won a genetic lottery, but on Friday, the oldest person in the world, Gertrude Baines died in Los Angeles nursing home at the ripe old age of 115.
Baines died most likely of a heart attack. She outlived her entire family, including her only daughter.
Gertrude's death now means the record for being the oldest person in the world goes to Kama Chinen in Japan, who's 114 years old. According to the Gerontology Research Group, which tracks claims of extreme old age, Chinen was born on May 10, 1895.