The Gerontology Research Group, which validates details of people thought to be 110 or older, listed Maria Branyas as the oldest known person in the world after the death of French nun Lucile Randon last year
Maria Branyas, an American-born Spaniard believed to be the world's oldest person at 117, has died, her family said on Tuesday.
The Gerontology Research Group, which validates details of people thought to be 110 or older, listed Ms Branyas as the oldest known person in the world after the death of French nun Lucile Randon last year. The next oldest person listed by the Gerontology Research Group is now Tomiko Itooka, from Japan, who is 116.
Her X account is called "Super Catalan Grandma" and bears the description: "I am old, very old, but not an idiot." At the time of her death, she was living in a nursing home in the Catalan town of Olot. Her family wrote that she told them days before her death: "I don't know when, but very soon this long journey will come to an end.
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