Edie Ceccarelli, the oldest person in the US, dies aged 116

Born in 1908, Ceccarelli loved to dance and died a little over two weeks after her hometown threw her a huge birthday party

Edie Ceccarelli, who was the oldest person in the US and the second oldest person on Earth, died on Thursday.

Ceccarelli died a little over two weeks after her home town - the small, redwood-crested northern California town of Willits - threw her a huge birthday bash, as is their yearly tradition.