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World's oldest known person, French nun Lucile Randon, dies aged 118

Lucile Randon who took the name Sister Andre

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The world’s oldest person, French nun Sister Andre, has died at the aged of 118.

Lucile Randon, who took the name of Sister Andre when she joined a Catholic charitable order in 1944, had survived Covid last year.

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