Internet sensation dies at 110 years old

SPOKANE – Supercentenarian Flossie Dickey, who rose to internet fame earlier this year after an interview on Good Morning Spokane, died Wednesday night at 110.

Her great-granddaughter, Sarah Williamson, posted news of Dickey’s Thanksgiving Eve death on a Facebook fan page.

“I can’t thank all of you sweet people enough for making my Grams so well loved,” Williamson wrote. “To me she was one bad a– that I can only hope to some day be.”

At her birthday party earlier this year, relatives said she was known for her “smart aleck” sense of humor and love of whiskey and naps.

Dickey’s TV interview, in which she gave mostly single-word answers without cracking a smile, went viral. Jimmy Fallon played the clip on his show, laughing as Dickey responded “not one bit” when asked if she was looking forward to her birthday party. Saturday Night Live also parodied the interview.

Her Facebook fan page had over 200 members as of Thursday morning.