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Ivy Bean, The World's Oldest Twitter User, Dies at 104
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by Amy Judd | July 28, 2010 at 08:32 am
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Ivy Bean, the World's Oldest Person on Twitter, Has Died at the Age of 104
She had a number of fanpages, almost 60,000 followers on Twitter and tweeted about everything from meeting Gordon Brown and Peter Andre to fish and chips, but sadly Ivy Bean passed away on July 28 at the age of 104.
She was not shy to embrace new technology and opened her Twitter account last year while living in a residential home on the outskirts of Bradford, England. She also had a Facebook page that was very active, but fell ill last month and her Twitter feed was taken over by the manger of the home named Pat.
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She kept Ivy's followers updated with news of her failing health and she passed away just after midnight on Wednesday.
ivy passed away peacefully at 12.08 this morning
Followers have expressed sadness at her passing:
LukeMarsden I think a nice tribute to Ivy Bean would be if Twitter gave her account the little verified blue tick. She would have liked that.
twitter RIP to the delightful Ivy Bean. Thank you, @ivybean104, for making Twitter a better place in your 104th year. http://bit.ly/97KfBY
itsAJN RT @MarinasDiamonds: "If you stand for nothing, you will fall for anything"! RIP Ivy Bean today. She was 104.
It is not known what will happen to her Twitter account now.
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