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Olive Riley, the "world's oldest blogger," passed away at the age of 108 on Saturday at a nursing home in New South Wales, Australia. Riley started her blog, The Life of Riley, at the suggestion of Mike Rubbo, an Australian journalist who directed a documentary about her life, All About Olive, in 2004. Born in 1899, Ms. Riley's blog (her final entries can be seen here) chronicles her life, including coming of age at the turn of the century and living through two world wars. On May 22, Olive wrote a post in response to kids asking about her experiences as a schoolgirl: "When kids reached 10 to 14 years of age, they went to tech, where they learnt a trade. I was supposed to become a dressmaker, but I couldn't sew. I hated sewing, and I still do." After the jump, a video of Ms. Riley singing a song called "Smile, Smile, Smile." More »
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