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Filmmaker Attends 116th Birthday of World's Oldest Person

1/23/2026

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Sam Green, a filmmaker, received a birthday invitation in the summer of 2015 in Park City, Utah.
He had recently completed a documentary on Guinness World Records when he learned that Susannah Mushatt Jones, the world's oldest person at the time, lived nearby in Brooklyn.
Green contacted her family and was invited to her 116th birthday celebration.

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Story summary

Sam Green, a filmmaker, received a birthday invitation in the summer of 2015 in Park City, Utah.
He had recently completed a documentary on Guinness World Records when he learned that Susannah Mushatt Jones, the world's oldest person at the time, lived nearby in Brooklyn.
Green contacted her family and was invited to her 116th birthday celebration.