California woman celebrated as America's oldest person, dies

A Northern California woman recognized as America's oldest known living person has died, 17 days after celebrating her 116th birthday. Edith Ceccarelli, died in Willits, Calif. on Thursday, just a couple miles from where she was born in 1908.

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