Amy Hawkins

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]

Biography

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]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "TikTok singer Amy Hawkins, 110, becomes viral sensation". BBC News. 30 January 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  2. 1 2 Rawlinson, Kevin (29 January 2021). "Welsh woman marks 110th birthday with viral TikTok fame". The Guardian. United Kingdom. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  3. ↑ Powell, Leah (13 September 2021). "Amy Winifred Hawkins - Wales' oldest woman - dies age 110". Hereford Times.
  4. ↑ Hill, Jonathon (13 September 2021). "'Indomitable and lovely' oldest woman in Wales dies after testing positive for Covid". WalesOnline.
  5. ↑ "Recent deaths aged 107+". oldestinbritain.nfshost.com. Archived from the original on 26 October 2021.
  6. ↑ "Wales' oldest woman and TikTok star, Amy Winifred Hawkins, dies aged 110". itv.com. 13 September 2021.
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