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A soccer-loving nun from Brazil tops list of world’s oldest living person at nearly 117
Miami, Florida, US AP A soccer-loving nun from Brazil is believed to have become the world’s oldest living person at nearly 117 following the recent death of a woman from Japan. Sister Inah Canabarro was so skinny growing up that many didn’t think she would survive childhood, Cleber Canabarro, her 84-year-old nephew, told The Associated Press. […]
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Maria Branyas, world’s oldest person, dies in Spain at 117
Madrid, Spain Reuters Maria Branyas, who was the world’s oldest person, has died peacefully in a Spanish nursing home at the age of 117, according to her account on the X platform and a spokesperson at the home on Tuesday. “Maria Branyas has left us. She has died as she wanted: in her sleep, peacefully […]
World’s oldest person, French nun Sister Andre, dies at 118 – retirement home
Paris, FranceReuters French nun Sister Andre, the world’s oldest person, passed away at 118 in France, her retirement home told Reuters on Tuesday. Lucile Randon, who took the name of Sister Andre when she joined a Catholic charitable order in 1944, had survived COVID last year. She was born on 11th Fabruary, 1904, and was […]
StrangeSights: A cafe for those with deadlines; French nun becomes world’s oldest person; and, ‘Elvis’ returns to Australian town…
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