Eva Morris

Eva Morris (née Sharpe, 8 November 1885 – 2 November 2000) was the oldest recognised person in the world, by the Guinness Book of Records, from December 1999 until November 2000. 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. She was a native of Stone, Staffordshire, England.

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. She was said by friends to enjoy the occasional cigarette and to have ridden a bicycle.

She worked as a domestic servant and was widowed in the 1930s. Morris lived in her own flat until she was 107, when she moved to a nursing home after a chest infection. Her only child Winnie died of cancer in 1975 at the age of 62.