Cause of Death
She had agreed to leave her body to science when she was 82. An autopsy at the University of Groningen revealed that she died of undetected gastric cancer, the tumor in her stomach being the size of a small fist (see ). It was malignant and would likely have killed a far younger person. Following her death, Elizabeth "Lizzie" Bolden became the newest "oldest known living person".
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