The oldest living person in the world has been identified as a 118-year-old nun living in a nursing home in France.
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Lucile Randon aka Sister André, whose exact age is 118 years and 73 days, has been recognised by the Guinness World Records (GWR) as the now official oldest living person. She was born in 1904 and has even survived Covid-19 to become the oldest person in the world to do so. Randon is also the oldest living nun in the world at the moment. According to a statement released by GWR, she achieved this feat after Kane Tanaka of Japan passed away earlier this month at the age of 119. Randon took the name of ‘Sister André’ in 1944, and is the third-oldest French person and the third-oldest European person to have ever been recorded. The nun has lived an interesting life, for in her younger years, she worked as a teacher and a governess, and also looked after children during World War II. Having spent 28 years working with orphans and elderly people at a hospital, she became a Catholic nun. According to the information shared by GWR, she was made an ‘honorary citizen’ of Toulon, Provence-Alpes-Cote d’Azur region, France, and received a letter from Pope Francis in 2019. Interestingly, she had survived the Spanish Flu pandemic in 1918, and after testing positive for coronavirus in January 2021, she was isolated. But, she made full recovery in three weeks “with no symptoms or side effects” apart from some “tiredness”; later she even managed to celebrate her 117th birthday. While she tries to keep her mind active, she is partially deaf, and needs a wheelchair to move around. Randon loves her chocolates and takes a glass of wine every day. 📣 For more lifestyle news, follow us on Instagram | Twitter | Facebook and don’t miss out on the latest updates! © IE Online Media Services Pvt Ltd
Kane Tanaka, born in 1903, smiles as a nursing home celebrates three days after her 117th birthday in Fukuoka, Japan, on Jan. 5, 2020. Kyodo/ReutersAlthough she didn't quite make it to her goal of 120 years old, Kane Tanaka still lived long enough to become the world's oldest person — a title she held for the past three years, and attributed to family, sleep, hope and faith. Tanaka died last week at 119, Japanese authorities announced. Tanaka, who had been living at nursing home in Fukuoka, died on Tuesday at a hospital. According to Guinness World Records, Tanaka was born prematurely on Jan. 2, 1903 — the same year the Wright brothers brought powered flight to the world. She was the seventh child in her family.
When she was 19, she married Hideo Tanaka, and helped run a family business selling sticky rice, udon, and the Japanese dessert zenzai. She had four children and adopted a fifth. Tanaka loved chocolate and soda. During a 2019 presentation ceremony to celebrate her being the oldest person alive, she was given a box of chocolates — which she immediately opened and began devouring. Tanaka was tapped to carry the Olympic torch during as part of the torch relay leading up to the Olympic Games in Tokyo, but her relatives deemed it too risky given COVID-19. Earlier this month, Tanaka surpassed Sarah Knauss of the U.S. to become the second-longest lived person in recorded history. Jeanne Louise Calment, a French woman who died in 1997, remains the longest-lived person at 122 years and 164 days. The oldest currently living person is now said to be Lucile Randon, a 118-year-old French nun. Randon is also the oldest known survivor of COVID-19. |
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