Worcester’s Goldie Michelson, the Oldest Person in U.S., Passes Away at 113

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Tuesday, July 12, 2016

GoLocalWorcester News Team

Goldie Michelson, the oldest person in the United States, a Clark University alum class of 1936, and a Worcester resident passed away at the age of 113 on Monday, July 11. She was a month short of her 114th birthday. 

She was also the oldest jew in the entire world. 

Goldie Michelson

Michelson took the title of oldest person in the U.S. after Susannah Mushatt Jones passed away last week at 116 years of age. 

The Michelson Theater on the Clark University campus is named after her. 

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