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Maria Branyas, an American-born Spaniard considered the world’s oldest person at 117 years old, has died, her family said on Tuesday. The Gerontology Research Group, which validates details of ...
Maria Branyas Morera, age 117 years and 168 days, died in Spain on Aug. 19, 2024. The U.S. born woman was the eighth-oldest person with a verifiable age in history, according to Guinness World ...
In the wake of Branyas's 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. Gerontology Research Group.
Maria Branyas Morera (Catalan: [məˈɾiə ˈβɾaɲəs]; 4 March 1907 – 19 August 2024) was an American-Catalan supercentenarian who, until her death at the age of 117 years, 168 days, was the world's oldest verified living person, following the death of Lucile Randon on 17 January 2023.
The 100 oldest women have, on average, lived several years longer than the 100 oldest men. 100 verified oldest women The list includes supercentenarians validated by organisations specialising in extreme age verification such as the Gerontology Research Group (GRG), [ 5 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] with, in some cases, press coverage as a supplementary source.
Violet Brown (née Mosse; 10 March 1900 – 15 September 2017) [2] was a Jamaican supercentenarian who was the oldest verified living person in the world for five months, following the death of Emma Morano on 15 April 2017 until her own death at the age of 117 years, 189 days on 15 September 2017.
The world’s oldest person, US-born Maria Branyas Morera, has died at the age of 117, her family announced on social media. Guinness World Records (GWR) also released a statement confirming her ...
First African-American woman to graduate from Grinnell College [6] James Clayton Flowers: M: December 25, 1915: 109 years, 2 days: American: Military pilot and Tuskegee airman [7] Geneviève Callerot: F: May 6, 1916: 108 years, 235 days: French: Novelist and farmer [8] Käthe Menzel-Jordan: F: September 7, 1916: 108 years, 111 days: German ...