French nun who lived through Spanish Flu, WW II, Covid is world's oldest person
2 years, 7 months ago

French nun who lived through Spanish Flu, WW II, Covid is world's oldest person

Hindustan Times  

A French nun was on Tuesday declared the world's oldest living person - at 118 years and 73 days - by the Guinness Book of World Records. She spent most of her life dedicated to religious service and also holds the record for the oldest nun living, according to the Guinness World Records. The Guinness World Records also posted a video of Sister André on their official Instagram account, announcing her as the 'official oldest person living'. "French nun Sister André is now our official oldest person living.

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Woman becomes world’s oldest living person at 115, shares secrets of her long life
1 year, 11 months ago

Woman becomes world’s oldest living person at 115, shares secrets of her long life

Hindustan Times  

Guinness World Records recently took to Instagram to share a post about a woman who became “world’s oldest woman living and oldest person living” at the age of 115. The organisation shared that the woman named María Branyas Morera was born in March 1907 in the US and presently resides in Spain. The image shows Maria Branyas Morera who became …

World’s oldest known person, a French nun, dies at 118
1 year, 11 months ago

World’s oldest known person, a French nun, dies at 118

Associated Press  

PARIS — A French nun who was believed to be the world’s oldest person but had been reportedly growing weary of the burdens of age has died a few weeks before her 119th birthday, her nursing home in southern France said Wednesday. I worked until I was 108.” But local newspaper Midi Libre reported Sister Andre saying in 2020, after …

French nun Lucile Randon, world's oldest known person, dies aged 118
1 year, 11 months ago

French nun Lucile Randon, world's oldest known person, dies aged 118

Firstpost  

Marseille: The world’s oldest known person, French nun Lucile Randon, has died aged 118, a spokesman told AFP on Tuesday. The sister was long feted as the oldest European, before the death of Japan’s Kane Tanaka aged 119 last year left her the longest-lived person on Earth. “People say that work kills, for me work kept me alive, I kept …

Lucile Randon, the oldest person in the world, dies at 118
1 year, 11 months ago

Lucile Randon, the oldest person in the world, dies at 118

Al Jazeera  

Randon, who became a nun in 1944, said work and caring for others were the main reasons for her longevity. The oldest person in the world, French nun Lucile Randon, has died at the age of 118. Randon was born on February 11, 1904, and was the world’s oldest living person according to the Gerontology Research Group’s World Supercentenarian Rankings …

A French nun believed to be the world’s oldest person dies at 118
1 year, 11 months ago

A French nun believed to be the world’s oldest person dies at 118

LA Times  

Sister André, a French nun who was believed to be the world’s oldest person, has died a few weeks shy of her 119th birthday. A French nun who was believed to be the world’s oldest person has died a few weeks before her 119th birthday, the spokesperson for her nursing home in southern France said Wednesday. The Gerontology Research Group, …

World's oldest known person, French nun Lucile Randon, dies aged 118
1 year, 11 months ago

World's oldest known person, French nun Lucile Randon, dies aged 118

Hindustan Times  

The world's oldest known person, French nun Lucile Randon, has died aged 118, a spokesman told AFP on Tuesday. The sister was long feted as the oldest European, before the death of Japan's Kane Tanaka aged 119 last year left her the longest-lived person on Earth. - 'Work kept me alive' - Randon told reporters last year that her work …

After death of Japanese woman, this French nun is world's oldest person
2 years, 7 months ago

After death of Japanese woman, this French nun is world's oldest person

Hindustan Times  

French nun Sister Andre, at 118, is now the oldest known person in the world, as claimed, following the death of a Japanese woman one year her senior. "Sister Andre indeed becomes the oldest, and by far, since the next oldest is a Polish woman who is 115," said Laurent Toussaint, a computer scientist and amateur tracker for the IDL …

World’s oldest person, a 119-year-old Japanese woman, has died
2 years, 7 months ago

World’s oldest person, a 119-year-old Japanese woman, has died

LA Times  

Kane Tanaka, a Japanese woman recognized as the world’s oldest person, has died at age 119, months short of her goal of reaching 120. Tanaka died of old age April 19 at a hospital in Fukuoka, her hometown in southern Japan, where she spent all her life, city officials said Tuesday. Seitaro Hattori said in a statement that he was …

Kane Tanaka, world’s oldest person, dies at 119
2 years, 7 months ago

Kane Tanaka, world’s oldest person, dies at 119

Al Jazeera  

Tanaka, who enjoyed board games and maths puzzles, died in hospital in southwestern Japan. Kane Tanaka, a Japanese woman believed to have been the world’s oldest person, has died aged 119. Tanaka was in relatively good health until recently and lived at a nursing home, where she enjoyed board games, solving maths problems, fizzy drinks and chocolate. Local Governor Seitaro …

‘Happy to be with you’: Europe’s oldest person survives COVID
3 years, 10 months ago

‘Happy to be with you’: Europe’s oldest person survives COVID

Al Jazeera  

Sister Andre, who will be 117 this week, tested positive in her retirement home in southern France on January 16. Europe’s oldest person, French nun Sister Andre, has survived COVID-19 and will celebrate her 117th birthday this week, her caregivers have said. Lucile Randon, who took the name of Sister Andre when she joined a Catholic charitable order in 1944, …

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