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Matsushita was hospitalised at the end of May 2016 due to a bout of pneumonia and heart failure (citation needed), but was able to recuperate by June. |
Matsushita was hospitalised at the end of May 2016 due to a bout of pneumonia and heart failure (citation needed), but was able to recuperate by June. |
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| − | Matsushita currently lives in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. She celebrated her 115th birthday in March 2019, becoming the 11th Japanese person to do so. In June 2019, she was hospitalised for low blood oxygen levels, but was discharged five days later. She was subsequently re-admitted to hospital, but was discharged again in July |
+ | Matsushita currently lives in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. She celebrated her 115th birthday in March 2019, becoming the 11th Japanese person to do so. In June 2019, she was hospitalised for low blood oxygen levels, but was discharged five days later. She was subsequently re-admitted to hospital, but was discharged again in July. |
| − | Shin Matsushita died in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, on 27 August 2019 at the age of 115 years, 150 days. |
+ | Shin Matsushita died in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, on 27 August 2019 at the age of 115 years, 150 days. She was the world’s third-oldest validated person behind [[Kane Tanaka]] and [[Lucile Randon]] of France. |
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Revision as of 19:43, 27 August 2019
| Shin Matsushita | |
 Shin Matsushita at the age of 115 | |
| Birth: | 30 March 1904 Japan |
| Death: | 27 August 2019 Sendai, Miyagi, Japan |
| Age: | 115 years, 150 days |
| Country: |  JPN
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Shin Matsushita [Japanese: 松下しん] (30 March 1904 – 27 August 2019) is a Japanese supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group. She was the oldest living person in Miyagi prefecture and the second-oldest person in Japan behind Kane Tanaka.
Biography
Shin Matsushita was born in Japan on 30 March 1904.
On her 110th birthday, Matsushita was still living independently with her dog. One week before her 111th birthday, she was exercising her legs since she had a femur fracture. She has several grandchildren, great-grandchildren and also great-great-grandchildren.
Matsushita was hospitalised at the end of May 2016 due to a bout of pneumonia and heart failure (citation needed), but was able to recuperate by June.
Matsushita currently lives in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. She celebrated her 115th birthday in March 2019, becoming the 11th Japanese person to do so. In June 2019, she was hospitalised for low blood oxygen levels, but was discharged five days later. She was subsequently re-admitted to hospital, but was discharged again in July.
Shin Matsushita died in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, on 27 August 2019 at the age of 115 years, 150 days. She was the world’s third-oldest validated person behind Kane Tanaka and Lucile Randon of France.
Gallery
