The world's oldest person, a French nun, dies at 118

The world's oldest person, a French nun, dies at 118

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Category : Obituaries Published on: January 21 2023

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  • French nun Sister André, the world’s oldest known person, died at the age of 118 in the southern city of Toulon.
  • Sister Andre was the world's oldest living person according to the Gerontology Research Group's (GRG) World Supercentenarian Rankings List.
  • Lucile Randon, who took the name of Sister Andre when she joined a Catholic charitable order in 1944, was born on 11 February 1904.
  • Before becoming a catholic nun, she used to take care of children during World War II and later spent 28 years caring for orphans and elderly people at a hospital.
  • Born in 1907 in west-central Iowa’s Calhoun County, Hendricks was alive to witness news of the sinking of the Titanic, World War I and II, the Great Depression and both the Spanish flu and Covid-19 pandemics.
  • She became the world's oldest person alive after Kane Tanaka, a Japanese woman, died at the age of 119 on April 19, 2022.
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