The world’s oldest person has passed away at the age of 117, leaving behind a legacy of remarkable longevity and history.
The world’s oldest living person, Spain’s Maria Branyas Morera, who was born in the United States and lived through two world wars, has died at the age of 117, her family said Tuesday.
Guinness World Records officially acknowledged Branyas’s status as the world’s oldest person in January 2023 following the death of French nun Lucile Randon aged 118,
In the wake of Branyas’s death, the oldest living person in the world is Japan’s Tomiko Itooka, who was born on May 23, 1908, and is 116 years old, according to the US Gerontology Research Group.
AFP
