Ms. Ada Ballestrino of Genoa, Liguria Region, Italy, turned 111 years old.
(confirmed by personal chat of the italian team with the nursing home where she lives)
She was born in the same town on 6th April 1915.
She is the 6th OLP in Italy and the OLP in Liguria Region.
Buon compleanno Signora Ballestrino!
http://www.supercentenariditalia.it/persone-viventi-piu-longeve-in-italia.
Persone viventi più longeve in Italia – Supercentenari d'Italia (supercentenariditalia.it)
Happy Birthday, Ms. Ballestrino! 🌻
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When the young commander of the guard declared his love for her, she rejected him simply because his frivolity startled her. "See how simple he is," she told Amaranta. "He says that he’s dying because of me, as if I were a bad case of colic."
-One Hundred Years of Solitude