Paris France.- A French nun, believed to be the world’s oldest person, has died just weeks short of her 119th birthday, a spokesman for the residence where she lived in Toulon, France said Wednesday.
Lucile Randon, known as Sister André, was born in the town of Ales, in the south of France, on February 11, 1904. She was also one of the oldest survivors of Covid-19.
He died at 2 a.m. Tuesday at the Sainte-Catherine-Laboure residence, spokesman David Tavella said.
The Gerontology Research Group, which checks data on people believed to be 110 or older, considered her the world’s oldest known person after the death of 119-year-old Japanese Kane Tanaka last year.
Sister André tested positive for coronavirus in January 2021, shortly before her 117th birthday, but she had so few symptoms that she had not realized she was infected. Her survival grabbed headlines inside and outside France.
Last year, when asked about his exceptional longevity, he told the French media that “working makes you live. I worked until I was 108.”
It was known that each day he enjoyed a daily glass of wine and chocolate.
The oldest known person in the world registered by the Gerontology Research Group is now María Branyas Morera, born in the United States and residing in Spain, who is 115 years old.
