By MARY ROURKE By Mary Rourke Los Angeles Times Yone Minagawa, recognized as the world's oldest living person, died Monday at a hospital in Fukuoka Prefecture in Japan, according to news reports. She was 114. The cause of her death was old age.

By CARL FREIRE TOKYO - Yone Minagawa, who became the world's oldest person earlier this year, has died at a nursing home in southwestern Japan, an official said Tuesday. She was 114.

Two of the oldest people in the United States met Saturday. A relative drove 113-year-old Bertha Fry of Muncie to a Shelbyville nursing home to visit Edna Parker, who celebrated her 114th birthday Friday. Members of both families attended the meeting along with Indiana Gov.

Two weeks after she turned 114, Yone Minagawa celebrated her long life again Tuesday when she learned she is believed to be the world's oldest person.

Emma Faust Tillman, who became the world's oldest known living person last week, died at a nursing home. She was 114.