| Du Pinhua | |
 Du Pinhua in 2002. | |
| Birth: | 22 April 1886? Leshan, Sichuan Province, China |
| Death: | 11 December 2006 Leshan, Sichuan Province, China |
| Age: | 120 years, 233 days? |
| Country: |  CHN
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| Longevity claimant | |
Du Pinhua (Chinese: 杜品华) (22 April 1886? – 11 December 2006) was a Chinese supercentenarian claimant who allegedly lived to the age of 120 years, 233 days.
Biography[]
Du Pinhua claimed that she was born in Leshan, Sichuan Province, China on 22 April 1886. She was certified by the former Shanghai branch of Guinness World Records, Shanghai Great World Guinness Book of Records, which had split from Guinness several years prior, and is no longer affiliated with GWR. Her daughter was herself a nonagenarian, she was very decrepit, and an 84-year-old man who was her neighbour recalled that when he was young, Pinhua was already in her 40s.
Little is known about her early life, as much of the time she was interviewed, the reporters focused on her longevity rather than her life. It is known she was a Buddhist and a vegetarian until 1996 when she was 110, and that when she was young she was orphaned at the age of four and raised and adopted at the age of seven by Buddhist monks. Her husband passed away when she was young, and she never remarried.
Du Pinhua passed away in Leshan, Sichuan Province, China, on 11 December 2006 at the claimed age of 120 years, 233 days. After her death, the title of the worlds oldest living person would go to Elizabeth Bolden, who would die that same day. However, she was not validated.
References[]
- Du Pinhua Biography Peoplepill
- 116-year-old Chinese Woman World's Oldest Person
- World's oldest person turns 120 ChinaDaily, 26 April 2006
- World's Oldest Person Turns 120 in Sichuan
- 吉尼斯世界纪录中世界最长寿者意外摔伤驾鹤西去 (in Chinese)
- 120岁中国老人杜品华去了 (in Chinese)