RIP of the Day: Ivy Bean, the world’s oldest Twitter user, passed away today at a care home in Bradford. She was 104.
From the Daily Mail:
During her high-profile Tweeting career Ivy was invited to No. 10 to meet then Prime Minister Gordon Brown, after which she Tweeted that she had used the private toilet in Mr Brown’s study.
She was also delighted to meet Peter Andre, who planted a kiss on her head, and counted DJ Chris Evans and Calum Best among her followers.
Ivy, a former mill worker, first hit the headlines as the oldest person to embrace technology when she joined Facebook at the age of 102, quickly clocking up several thousand followers and giving her celebrity status.
She’s tweeting with the angels now.
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