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Olive Riley
World's oldest blogger dies at 108

By Paul Boutin, 3:20 PM on Mon Jul 14 2008, 182 views (Edit, to draft, Top, Slurp)

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Olive Riley, the 108-year-old Australian woman who blogged from her nursing home in New South Wales, passed away Saturday morning. It's too bad the 70-plus entries on her blog are, predictably, unreachable today. For now, here's Olive reminding you — yes you, surlypuss — to "smile, smile, smile."

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