Tag: oldest person

• Monday, January 6th 2025 - 09:28 UTC

  Brazilian nun becomes oldest person alive after death of Japanese woman

  

  A Japanese woman considered to be the world's longest-lived person died on Dec. 29 at 116 years old at a nursing home in the city of Ashiya in the Hyogo Prefecture, it was reported Saturday. A Brazilian nun is now the oldest person alive.

• Tuesday, April 26th 2022 - 08:47 UTC

  Oldest person in the world dies aged 119

  

  Japanese citizen Kane Tanaka, who had been certified as the world's oldest person, died Monday at the age of 119 and 108 days, it was reported.

• Monday, October 11th 2021 - 03:19 UTC

  Brazil's oldest person dies aged 116

  

  The 116-year-old Francisca Celsa dos Santos considered the oldest person in Brazil, has died on Tuesday at her home in Fortaleza in the state of Ceará, it was reported Sunday.