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Amy Hawkins
Welsh supercentenarian (1911–2021) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Amy Winifred Hawkins (née Evans, 24 January 1911 – 8 September 2021) was a Welsh supercentenarian and dancer from Monmouthshire in South Wales, who became famous for singing the World War I song "It's a Long Way to Tipperary"[1] on her 110th birthday.
The performance was uploaded to the TikTok video service by her 15-year-old great-grandson Sacha Freeman. She was also the oldest living person in Wales at the time of her death.[2]
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Hawkins was born in Cardiff in January 1911, and in 1937, she married George Hawkins. During World War II, she served as a fire watcher in her neighbourhood. Hawkins had six siblings, amongst them five brothers and a surviving 101-year-old sister named Lillian.[2][3]
She died in Monmouth on 8 September 2021, aged 110, from old age during the COVID-19 pandemic in Wales.[4][5][6]
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