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Spanish Granny Blogger Dies at 97

by Warren Riddle on May 23, 2009 at 11:15 AM

Blog lovers this week are lamenting the loss of one of the Web's oldest and most beloved bloggers. According to Reuters, Maria Amelia Lopez of La Coruña, Spain passed away this week at the age of 97. In her blog, Lopez discussed the tribulations of living through the Spanish Civil War and the dictatorship of Francisco Franco, as well as current topics including hosting Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero.

Lopez dictated her nostalgic recollections to her grandson, who helped her start the blog in 2006 for her birthday (she wittily blogged that he was "stingy"). Contrary to certain opinions, Lopez found the Internet and blogging to be invigorating -- she wrote that blogging allowed her to "forget about my illness... It wakes up the brain and gives you great strength."



Lopez will certainly be missed, as her 1.5 million visitors can attest. Her blog has already received 500 comments from mourners since her passing.

Believe it or not, at 97, Lopez was just one of several bloggers who are pretty up their in their years, including Australia's Olive Riley, who sadly passed away last summer at the ripe old age of 108, and Kirk Douglas, who, at 92, is the world's oldest 'celebrity' blogger. [From: Reuters]

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