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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" 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.

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.

She died in Monmouth on 8 September 2021, aged 110, from old age during the COVID-19 pandemic in Wales.

See also

• Vera Lynn
• Captain Sir Tom Moore

References

1. "TikTok singer Amy Hawkins, 110, becomes viral sensation". BBC. 30 January 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
2. ^ Rawlinson, Kevin (29 January 2021). "Welsh woman marks 110th birthday with viral TikTok fame". The Guardian. United Kingdom. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
3. https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/19576463.amy-winifred-hawkins---wales-oldest-woman---dies-age-110/
4. https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/indomitable-lovely-oldest-woman-wales-21561039
5. Oldest People in Britain: Recent deaths aged 107+
6. Wales' oldest woman and TikTok star, Amy Winifred Hawkins, dies aged 110

• 1911 births
• 2021 deaths
• People from Cardiff
• British supercentenarians
• 21st-century Welsh women
• Women supercentenarians
• Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Wales
• Welsh women centenarians
• British women centenarians