[3] However, the Gerontology Research Group has since then validated the age of Ella Miller (1884–2000), who died on 21 November, meaning Eva Morris was in fact the world’s second-oldest living person.
Morris died in her sleep at 1:25 am at the Autumn House Nursing Home in Stone.
Morris attributed her longevity to whisky and boiled onions.
[5] She was said by friends to enjoy the occasional cigarette and to have ridden a bicycle.
Morris lived in her own flat until she was 107, when she moved to a nursing home after a chest infection.