What is Yone Minagawa?
'''Yone Minagawa''' (January 4, 1893 – August 13, 2007) was a [[Japan]]ese [[supercentenarian]] and the world's oldest living person<ref>{{cite news|date=August 14, 2007|url=http://www.japannewsreview.com/society/kyushu/kyushu/20070814page_id=1438|title=World's oldest person, Yone Minagawa, dies at 114|access-date=October 13, 2008|archive-date=October 6, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071006084307/http://www.japannewsreview.com/society/kyushu/kyushu/20070814page_id=1438|url-status=dead}}</ref> between January 29, 2007, and Minagawa's death at age 114 years 221 days. Minagawa became Japan's oldest person in April 2005, following the death of 114-year-old Ura Koyama. With the death of 114-year-old [[Emma Tillman]] on January 29, 2007, Minagawa became the world's oldest living person. She was 114 years 25 days old at the time. Minagawa died of natural causes on 13 August 2007 at the age of 114 years, 221 days. Following her death, then 114-year-old [[Edna Parker]] became the new world's oldest living person. == References == {{Reflist}} {{start box}} {{succession box |before = [[Emma Tillman]] |title = [[Oldest people#1955|Oldest Recognized Living Person]]{{Broken anchor|date=2024-05-12|bot=User:Cewbot/log/20201008/configuration|target_link=Oldest people#1955|reason= The anchor (1955) [[Special:Diff/9004670|has been deleted]].}} |years = January 29, 2007 – August 13, 2007 |after = [[Edna Parker]] }} {{end box}} {{Oldest person}} {{multistub|bio|Japan}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Minagawa, Yone}} [[Category:Japanese supercentenarians]] [[Category:1893 births]] [[Category:2007 deaths]] [[Category:People from Fukuoka Prefecture]]