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Sister André poses for a portrait at the Sainte Catherine Laboure care home in Toulon, southern France, on April 27, 2022. With her death, the oldest living person is now Maria Branyas Morera of Spain at age 115.

The world's oldest person, Sister André of France, dies at age 118

11:04am January 18, 2023

by Kaitlyn Radde

Born Lucile Randon in 1904, Sister André spent most of her life in religious service as a Roman Catholic nun. The oldest living person is now Maria Branyas Morera of Spain at age 115.

Miss Susie Susannah Mushatt Jones with her niece Lois Judge as they celebrate her 113th birthday with a party at the Vendalia Senior Center in Brooklyn in 2012.

Susannah Mushatt Jones, The World's Oldest Person, Has Died In New York

5:08pm May 13, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

Jones, who was 116, reportedly had a penchant for bacon and lingerie. Now, there is believed to be only one person still alive who was born before 1900.

Gertrude Weaver holds a flower given to her a day before her 116th birthday last year, at Silver Oaks Health and Rehabilitation Center in Camden, Ark. Weaver, who last week was named the world's oldest person, died Monday.

National

Gertrude Weaver, World's Oldest Woman, Dies At 116

5:58pm April 06, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

She had assumed the title last week. The cause of death was complications from pneumonia. The world's oldest person is now Jeralean Talley, who lives in the Detroit area and was born May 23, 1899.

Misao Okawa, who died at age 117, posed for a photo with her son Hiroshi Okawa, 92, (left) and other family members as they celebrated her birthday last month in Osaka, Japan.

World News

World's Oldest Person Dies At Age 117

5:09pm April 06, 2015

by Bill Chappell

Japan's Misao Okawa was born in 1898. She had been the world's oldest person since 2013, according to Guinness World Records.