THE oldest person in the US has died at her home in Houston at the age of 115.
Elizabeth Francis was living with her 95-year-old daughter and 69-year-old granddaughter when she died on Tuesday.
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She was born on July 25, 1909, and lived through 20 US Presidents – the first being former President William Howard Taft.
Francis had previously told how her secret to a long life was her faith in God and eating fresh foods from her garden.
She told ABC News that she never smoked or drank, didn’t need glasses, and said her hearing was the same as always.
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