Besse Cooper is closing in on her 115th birthday
                                
                                
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                                    The world's oldest person is now Besse Cooper of Georgia, at 114 years and 230 days, reports  CNN . She gains the Guinness Book of World Records title with the passing of Brazil's Maria Gomes Valentim, who was just shy of her 115th birthday. Cooper actually held the title...