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The world's oldest blogger signs out
A 108-year-old Australian woman who was promoted as the world's oldest blogger has died two weeks after making her last post about "singing a happy song," her great-grand son and her online forum said.
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- Published: 00:08 July 15, 2008
Sydney: A 108-year-old Australian woman who was promoted as the world's oldest blogger has died two weeks after making her last post about "singing a happy song," her great-grand son and her online forum said.
Olive Riley wrote 74 entries in her blogs, firstly www.allaboutolive.com.au and later http://worldsoldestblogger.blogspot.com. A friend introduced Riley to blogging early in 2007, and was hooked.
Riley "passed away peacefully on Saturday, July 12," a posting on her web site said.
"She will be mourned by thousands of Internet friends and hundreds of descendants and other relatives."
In her last entry, on June 26, Riley thanked supporters for "a whole swag of e-mails and comments from my Internet friends".
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