The hundred-year-old French nun Lucile Randon, known as Sister André and considered the oldest person in the world, has passed away at the age of 118, as indicated by his residence to the Reuters agency on Tuesday. The nun, who joined the Church in 1944, had survived COVID-19 last year.
Born February 11, 1904Randon was until his death the oldest living person on the planet, according to the world ranking of supercentenarians of the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).
According to Guinness World RecordsSister André became the oldest living person in 2022 after the death of the Japanese Kane Tanaka, at the age of 119, and was the third longest-lived French person and the third longest-lived European of all time.
In his youth he worked as teacher and governess and looked after children during world war II. After the war, she spent 28 years working with orphans and the elderly in a hospital before becoming a religious. In addition, she until her death held the Guinness record for the longest-lived nun.
He lived through the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic and two years ago tested positive for coronavirus, although he overcame the disease with no symptoms other than a little tiredness, recovering in time for his 117th birthday. For the last 12 years of his life he lived in a residence of elderly. Although partially deaf and in a wheelchair, Sister André liked to keep her mind active and she did not give up an occasional sweet and a daily glass of wine, according to Guinness World Records.
Source: Lasexta
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