World’s oldest person, whose secret was avoiding ‘toxic people,’ dies at 117
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María Branyas Morera was born in San Francisco in 1907. At the time of her death she was living in a nursing home in the town of Olot in northeast Spain.
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Guinness World Records also released a statement confirming her death at the age of 117 years 168 days, making her the eighth-oldest person with a verifiable age in history.
The family of Maria Branyas, considered the world’s oldest person at 117 years old, posted on X that the American-born Spaniard died in "her sleep, at peace."
In the wake of Branyas' death, the oldest living person in the world is Japan's Tomiko Itooka, who was born on May 23, 1908, and is 116 years old, according to the U.S.-based Gerontology Research Group.
Having been born before the emergence of the telephone, Ms. Morera came to embrace the digital revolution, fashioning herself on social media as “Super Catalan Grandma.”
María Branyas Morera was born in San Francisco in 1907. At the time of her death she was living in a nursing home in the town of Olot in northeast Spain.
The oldest person in the world, Maria Branyas Morera, has died aged 117. She attributed her longevity to her genes but also lifestyle choices including eating yogurt.
Maria Branyas, who was born in the U.S. when Theodore Roosevelt was president and years before the outbreak of World War I, has died at her home in Spain, according to her family. She was 117 years old. Branyas died in her sleep on early Tuesday morning at a nursing home in Olot, a city […]
