Maria Esther de Capovilla
Maria Esther de Capovilla's claim to fame was that she was the world's oldest living person at the time of her death. The AOL article I just read about her did not list a cause of death, but she was 116 years old when she died. She would have been 117 on September 14, 2006. Capovilla was born in... Sign in to see full entry.