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Australia’s oldest person Dexter Kruger turns 111
Australia’s oldest person Dexter Kruger stayed up until midnight to mark his 111th birthday.
“I didn’t think that I could make it but I woke up this morning, about a quarter to 12, and I waited until the clock struck 12 and I said, ‘Hooray, I’ve made it,’” he said from his nursing home in Roma, Queensland, on Wednesday.
The supercentenarian wore a sequined red hat with “111” in black numbers and a blue “Birthday Boy” ribbon as he thanked those who helped mark “this very special occasion”.
“I am completely…
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