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02/10/2026 10:45 am
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/malling/news/village-mourns-its-queen-after-her-death-at-109-345458/
Ms. Gladys Marion Banks of Borough Green, Kent, ENG (UK) sadly passed away on 21 September 2026, aged 109 y. 270 d.
She was born on 25 December 1916.
At the time of her death she was the 16th known OLP in the UK.
Rest in peace.
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02/10/2026 11:51 am
R.I.P. Ms. Banks.
ESO Correspondent for Portugal (since 2026)
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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