Oldest Dutch person celebrates 110th birthday

The Netherlands’ oldest resident, Egbertje Leutscher-De Vries, celebrates her 110th birthday today, with a day of events at the nursing home where she lives in the Drenthe village of Havelte.


Her daughter, Mina Smit, told news agency ANP her mother is delighted with all the attention and thinks it is great she is the oldest person in the country.

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