Ivy Bean, thought to have been the oldest person using the popular social networking site Twitter, has died at age 104.
By the end of her life, Bean had 53,535 followers (a term used on Twitter to indicate you are watching a person's posts) on the site and was something of an internet phenomenon. In 2008, she became known as the oldest person on Facebook, a title held previously by a 97-year-old French man. Bean frequently updated her Twitter page with videos and descriptions of activities in her daily life that included her winning of the Gold Medal in Frisbee in the Over-75 Olympics in Bradford, Northern England as well as recipes and meeting former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
At the beginning of July, Bean was admitted to hospital suffering from jaundice.  On July 23rd, Bean returned to the care home where she was a resident, but was no longer able to operate her Twitter account.  Manager of the care home Pat Wright took over the account and began posting on Bean's behalf.
It was posted on July 26th that Bean was in a poor condition and yesterday, Wright posted "Ivy passed away peacefully at 12.08 this morning".
Many of Bean's followers posted messages of condolence, making Bean the second-most discussed topic on the Twitter yesterday. Among her followers were Peter Andre and Chris Evans.
Ivy Bean was born November 8, 1905, seven years before the telephone network was established.

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Oldest user of Twitter, Ivy Bean, dies at 104