French nun named the world's oldest person, at 118 years, 73 days old

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• Apr 26, 2022 | Pratiksha

According to Guinness World Records, Sister André, born Lucile Randon on February 11, 1904, is the oldest person living at 118 years and 73 days.

Digital Desk: Following the death of former record-holder Kane Tanaka, a 118-year-old French nun has been proclaimed the world's oldest living person.

According to Guinness World Records, Sister André, born Lucile Randon on February 11, 1904, is the oldest person living at 118 years and 73 days.

Tanaka died on April 19, at the age of 119, in western Japan.

After becoming a Catholic nun in 1944, Sister André adopted her name. She is the third-oldest person in France and the third-oldest person in Europe ever documented.

During World War II, Sister André served as a teacher, governess, and caretaker for children.

She spent 28 years after the war working with orphans and the elderly in a hospital in Vichy, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes.

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Sister André is also the world's oldest living nun. She also holds the distinction for being the oldest COVID-19 survivor.

The nun also survived the Spanish Flu in 1918.

Sister André has spent the previous 12 years in her retirement home. She is deaf and requires a wheelchair to go about.

After breakfast, she gets up at 7 a.m. and begins working on her desk with little tasks.

Her "guilty pleasure" is chocolate.

"Her glass of wine maintains her and which is perhaps her longevity secret. I don't know - I don't encourage people to drink a glass of wine every day!" a staff member from Sister André's care home said.

The oldest person ever was French as well. Jeanne Louise Calment, who was born on February 21, 1875, lived for 122 years and 164 days.