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|caption = Cecile Klein on her 114th birthday.
 
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|nationality = Canadian
 
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|birthyr = 1907 |birthplace = Montreal, Quebec, Canada
 
|birthyr = 1907 |birthplace = Montreal, Quebec, Canada
 
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}}'''Cecile Edith Klein''' (née '''Efros'''; born 15 June 1907) is a Canadian [[supercentenarian]] whose age is validated by the [[Gerontology Research Group]] (GRG). She is currently the oldest validated, living person in Canada.
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==Biography==
 
==Biography==
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Klein reportedly received her first dose of the Covid-19 Vaccine in December 2020, making her the [[List of oldest people vaccinated against COVID-19|one of the oldest known people to receive the vaccine]].
 
Klein reportedly received her first dose of the Covid-19 Vaccine in December 2020, making her the [[List of oldest people vaccinated against COVID-19|one of the oldest known people to receive the vaccine]].
   
 
Following the death of [[Phyllis Ridgway]] on 4 June 2021, Klein became the oldest validated living person in Canada.
 
Following the death of [[Phyllis Ridgway]] on 4 June 2021, Klein became the oldest validated, living person in Canada.
 
   
 
Klein currently lives in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, at the age of {{AgeYD|1907|6|15}}.
 
Klein currently lives in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, at the age of {{AgeYD|1907|6|15}}.
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*[https://grg.org/Gallery/1907Gallery.html#Mildred_Mangold 1907 Gallery] Gerontology Research Group
 
*[https://grg.org/Gallery/1907Gallery.html#Mildred_Mangold 1907 Gallery] Gerontology Research Group
 
*[https://www.facebook.com/mitchell.brownstein.7/posts/10158255607816379 Important information about the vaccine distribution and the Covid-19 situation in Cote Saint Luc] Mitchell Brownstein on Facebook, 16 December 2020
 
*[https://www.facebook.com/mitchell.brownstein.7/posts/10158255607816379 Important information about the vaccine distribution and the Covid-19 situation in Cote Saint Luc] Mitchell Brownstein on Facebook, 16 December 2020
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*[https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=182042697263976&set=a.120129760121937&type=3 Cecile Klein from Montreal turns 114 today] The Valley Today on Facebook, 15 June 2021
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*[https://www.facebook.com/CIUSSSCentreOuest/photos/a.247627181919571/4744016955613882/?type=3 A very happy 114th birthday to Donald Berman Maimonides resident Cecile Klein] CIUSSS West-Central Montreal, Facebook, 15 June 2021
   
 
==Gallery==
 
==Gallery==
 
<gallery>
 
<gallery>
CKlein107.png|Cecile Klein at age 107.
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CKlein107.png|Cecile Klein at age 107
CKlein111.png|Cecile Klein at age 111.
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Cecile_Klein.JPG|Cecile Klein two weeks before her 108th birthday in 2015
CKlein112.png|Cecile Klein on her 112rd birthday.
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CKlein111.png|Cecile Klein at age 111
CKlein113.jpg|Cecile Klein on her 113th birthday.
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CKlein112.png|Cecile Klein on her 112rd birthday in 2019
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CKlein113.jpg|Cecile Klein on her 113th birthday in 2020
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CKlein114.jpg|Cecile Klein on her 114th birthday in 2021
 
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</gallery>
 
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Revision as of 22:48, 15 June 2021

Cecile Klein
Cecile Klein
Cecile Klein on her 114th birthday.
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Cecile Edith Klein (née Efros; born 15 June 1907) is a Canadian supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). She is currently the oldest validated living person in Canada.

Biography

Klein was born on 15 June 1907 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, to Polish-born Jewish parents Louis Efros (1881–1950) and Rachel Pearson Efros (1887–1965). She married Israeli-born Erwin Klein (1905–1999) on 5 June 1932, and they were married for 67 years. The couple had three children: Harriet, Arnold, and Louise.

Klein reportedly received her first dose of the Covid-19 Vaccine in December 2020, making her the one of the oldest known people to receive the vaccine.

Following the death of Phyllis Ridgway on 4 June 2021, Klein became the oldest validated living person in Canada.

Klein currently lives in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, at the age of 116 years, 308 days.

References

Gallery


Canada's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (VE)

Flore BelandEmma BinghamHerman Smith-JohannsenAgnes MunceNellie ThompsonAlice Sjoquist • Lillian RossMarie-Louise Meilleur • Marie-Louise Meunier • Maria Mallozzi • Zelda McCague • Fanny Martland • Evangeline SaulnierAnne Samson • Julie Winnefred Bertrand • Jennie Fitzgerald • Margaret Fitzgerald • Pearl LutzkoCora Hansen • Yvonne Lamoureux • Merle Barwis • Colombe Benoit-Leclerc • Orma Slack • Marguerite Wabano • Lilian Cornell • Ellen Gibb • Sarah Patenaude-Bruyere • Phyllis Ridgway • Cecile Klein • Shige Mineshiba • Mabel MahHelen Doan