Name Marie-Therese Bardet | ||
Marie therese bardet 113 ans et demi et beaucoup de tendresse
Marie-Thérèse Bardet (2 June 1898 – 8 June 2012) was a French supercentenarian. She was recognized as the oldest person in Europe, and the sixth oldest person in the world, at the time of her death in 2012.
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Bardet was born in Lorient, Brittany, to single mother who gave up her daughter to French authorities. On 1 January 2012, Marcelle Narbonne died, She become the oldest person in France and Europe.
Bardet died at a retirement home in Pontchateau, Loire-Atlantique, France, on 8 June 2012, just 6 days after celebrating her 114th birthday. She was survived by her two children, who were ages 90 and 88 years old, respectively, in 2012; 7 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and 6 great-great grandchildren.
Bardet was succeeded as oldest living European by 113-year-old Maria Redaelli-Granoli.