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Posted: Thursday, 29 July 2010 7:00AM

Oldest Twitter User Dies At 104



(Bradford, England) -- A 104-year-old woman believed to be the world's oldest Twitter user has died. Ivy Bean past away peacefully Wednesday in a small village in northern England. Bean became an Internet celebrity after she began tweeting in 2008. She also gained thousands of followers on her Facebook page. Her simple and mostly upbeat tweets were read daily by more than 59-thousand Twitter users. After her death was announced on Twitter, Bean's page was loaded with hundreds of messages of condolences from around the world.

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