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| − | |deathyr=2021|deathplace= Mayotte}}'''Tava Colo''' (born 22 December 1902? - 1 May 2021) was a longevity claimant from Mayotte whose claimed age is currently unvalidated by the [[Gerontology Research Group]] (GRG). If her claimed age were true, she would have been the oldest living person in the world |
+ | |deathyr=2021|deathplace= Mayotte}}'''Tava Colo''' (born 22 December 1902? - 1 May 2021) was a longevity claimant from Mayotte whose claimed age is currently unvalidated by the [[Gerontology Research Group]] (GRG). If her claimed age were true, she would have been the oldest living person in the world from 22 July 2018 until her own death on 1 May 2021. |
Colo lived on the island of Mayotte, an overseas department of France. |
Colo lived on the island of Mayotte, an overseas department of France. |
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 Tava Colo in October 2017. | |
| Birth: | 22 December 1902? Mamoudzou, Mayotte |
| Death: | 1 May 2021 Mayotte |
| Age: | 118 years, 130 days? |
| Country: |  MYT, FRA
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Tava Colo (born 22 December 1902? - 1 May 2021) was a longevity claimant from Mayotte whose claimed age is currently unvalidated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). If her claimed age were true, she would have been the oldest living person in the world from 22 July 2018 until her own death on 1 May 2021.
Colo lived on the island of Mayotte, an overseas department of France.
Biography
According to her identity card, she was born in Mamoudzou, Mayotte, France, on 22 December 1902. She had two daughters with her first husband (both deceased as of October 2017). She also has 9 grandchildren (oldest one was born in 1949 and the youngest in 1971), 40 great-grandchildren and 53 great-great-grandchildren who comes to visit her regularly. Her granddaughters, who affectionately nicknamed her “Coco” (“grandmother” in the local language), says that she had several husbands but that she divorced them if they disagreed with her children. She has been bedridden since 2010.
In September 2017, she was visited by Agnes Buzyn, Minister of and Health. When she was asked to reveal her secret of longevity, she replied simply “that it must be respectful of all, small and great, and always take care of yourself, be very clean”.
Tava Colo lived with one of her granddaughters in Passamainty, her native village, located in the commune of Mamoudzou.
Tava died on 1 May 2021, at the claimed age of 118 years, 130 days.
References
- Mayotte, terre méconnue pour ses centenaires Les Centenaires Français, 1 February 2015
- La doyenne des Français est une Mahoraise Imaz Press Reunion, 11 October 2017
- IS 115 YEARS OLD, THE MAHORAISE TAVA COLO IS THE NEW DEAN OF LEGAL FRENCH? The Sherbrook Times, 14 October 2017
- La doyenne des Français pourrait être mahoraise Orange Mayotte, 15 October 2017
- Elle s'appelle Tava Colo, 115 ans Mayotte La 1ère, 27 December 2017
- Tava Colo, dernière femme au monde à être née en 1902 Le Quotidien (de la Réunion) on Twitter, 4 September 2018