Ivy Bean, thought to be the oldest Twitter user, passed away July 28th in her care home in a small English town at the incredible age of 104.Bean was very popular on Twitter, boasting more than 56,000 at the time of her death. She had tweeted over 1000 times and was also an avid Facebook user (which she joined at the ripe age of 102).
The news of her death was posted on Bean's Twitter account (@IvyBean104), which had been informing followers about Bean's deteriorating condition over the past few days.
The post reads:
Ivy passed away peacefully at 12:08 this morning...I'm sorry it took me so long to tell you but it was a very difficult thing to do.
Mrs. Bean shows us that social media knows no bounds. Networks such as Facebook and Twitter are open to anyone and everyone that wish to participate. You will be missed, Ivy.
1 comments:
It's incredible that she loved technology enough to be social networking at her age!
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