Renata Bianchi | |
Birth: | 16 October 1906 Cesena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy |
Death: | 4 October 2019 Cesena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy |
Age: | 112 years, 353 days |
Country: | ITA |
Validated |
Renata Bianchi-Pirini (16 October 1906 – 4 October 2019) was an Italian supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). At the time of her death, she was the second-oldest living person in Emilia-Romagna and Italy, after Anna Benericetti.
Biography
Renata Bianchi was born in Cesena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy on 16 October 1906. In 1930, she married Umberto Pirini, who died in 1965. They had three children, two of whom died in infancy. She also had 18 nephews, from her ten brothers, who occasionally visited her.
In her later life, Bianchi lived alone in her own home in Cesena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. She was visited every morning by social workers, who carried out household chores and did her shopping. She was also forced to have an operation to remove a tumour in her centenarian years.
Bianchi celebrated her 112th birthday on 16 October 2018 with her nephews and a grandchild. Her age was validated by the GRG on 28 November 2018. She died on 4 October 2019 at the age of 112 years, 353 days.
Gallery
References
- GRG World Supercentenarian Rankings List
- Persone viventi più longeve in Italia Supercentenari d'Italia
- Cesena, Renata, 111 anni senza sforzo Il Resto del Carlino, 16 October 2017
- Renata Bianchi, la Cesenate che sfida il tempo Cesena di una volta, 15 October 2018
- Renata è morta, era tra le persone più anziane del mondo: avrebbe compiuto 113 anni tra pochi giorni Cesena Today, 5 October 2019