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Born in Tennessee, Besse Cooper moved to Georgia during World War I

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The US woman listed as the world's oldest person has died. She was 116.

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Besse Cooper died peacefully on Tuesday at a nursing home near Atlanta, Georgia, said her son, Sidney Cooper.

She had recently been ill with a stomach virus, he added.

The Tennessee-born teacher had had her hair set on Tuesday morning and watched a Christmas video, but then suffered breathing problems, said Mr Cooper. She was put on oxygen but died a short while later.

"With her hair fixed it looked like she was ready to go," Mr Cooper told the Associated Press news agency.

Ms Cooper was certified by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest person in January 2011.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20604191

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Note: 5 December 2012 Last updated at 04:19 GMT