Arkansas Woman Dies at 116 Just Six Days After Being Oldest Person in the World

Gertrude Weaver, who last week became the world's oldest-known living person, has died at the age of 116 at a senior care facility in Arkansas, according to reports.

The Williams Funeral Home confirms that Weaver died Monday at the Silver Oaks Health and Rehabilitation Center in Camden, about 100 miles southwest of Little Rock.

The cause was complications from pneumonia, according to KATV.

Weaver died at the Silver Oaks Health and Rehabilitation Center in Camden, Ark., where she was a resident, the TV station reported.

Reuters reports that Weaver, the daughter of sharecroppers, was born in Arkansas near the Texas border and worked as a domestic helper. Last week, upon assuming the title of world's oldest person, she said the secret to her longevity was being kind to everyone and eating her own cooking, the news service added.

The world's oldest known person is now Jeralean Talley of Inskter, Michigan, according to the Gerontology Research Group, which validates ages of the world's longest-living people. She was born on May 23, 1899 and will turn 116 next month, according to the group.

Misao Okawa, a Japanese woman who credited her longevity to "eating delicious things," had been the world's oldest living person until her death on April 1 at the age of 117.