Fadilah Noor Abbe (1897 — 2012) was a Indonesian-Singaporean supercentenarian who died at the claimed age of 115 years in 2012.[1]
Biography
Born in Sumatra, Indonesia, Fadilah's family moved from Indonesia to Singapore when she was a child. Fadilah outlived her six siblings as well as her three children.[2] She has been widely regarded as the oldest person that lived in Singapore, with her identity card showing her as being born in 1897.[3] In early 2007, a doctor found cataracts in Fadilah's eyes during a routine visit for her high blood pressure - her only other health problem then- but due to her fear of surgery, Fadilah refused to have them removed, until her great-grandson, Muhammad, persuaded her to go for the operation.[4] Fadilah's case was brought attention to after the death of 113-year old Teresa Hsu Chih.[5] Fadilah also had a brush with pneumonia in mid-2011.
Fadilah died in 2012[6] Before her demise, Fadilah lived in Bedok with two of her great-grandchildren and a granddaughter. According to the Singapore Book of Records, the oldest person in Singapore's history was Yam Karicho, who died on Aug 30, 1977 at the age claimed of 114.[7]
References
- ↑ "At 100, she could still walk up to 10th floor". Archived from the original on February 2, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140202103112/http://www.straitstimes.com/the-big-story/asia-report/singapore/story/100-she-could-still-walk-10th-floor-20130630.
- ↑ Zubaidah Nazeer, She's 113 and still helps with chores, Sep 21, 2010, "Source 1", Dec 17, 201
- ↑ Cheryl Ong, Meet Singapore's 'Oldest' Person, Dec 17, 2011, "Source 2", Dec 17, 2011
- ↑ Lee Hui Chieh, Granny, 113, lived in the dark for two years, Oct 14, 2010, "Source 5", Dec 17, 2011
- ↑ "At 114, she's Singapore's oldest woman". AsiaOne. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
- ↑ asiaone, At 114, she's Singapore's oldest person, Dec 17, 2011, "Source 3", Dec 17, 2011
- ↑ Janice Tai, Singapore's Oldest Person, Dec 18, 2011, "Source 4", Dec 18, 2011