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Oldest American dies at 114 in Iowa
IOWA CITY (AP) - The oldest person in the United States has died at age 114.
Neva Morris died at a nursing home in Ames at about 4 a.m. Tuesday.
Morris' family says in a statement that she led a "long, charitable and wonderful life."
Only one of her four children, a son in Sioux City, Iowa, is still alive.
A staffer at the North Crest Community home in Ames says Morris' son-in-law was with her when she died.
Morris became the oldest living American on March 8, when a 114-year-old New Hampshire woman died.
Morris' son-in-law said in March that she had vision and hearing loss but was able to participate in limited activity at the nursing home.
Neva Morris, from Ames, talks to her grandson-in-law Tom Wickersham at Northcrest Community, Oct. 20, 2009, in Ames, Iowa. Morris has become the oldest person in America. (AP Photo/Ames Tribune, Nirmalendu Majumdar)
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