The world's oldest person has died at 118 years old after surviving both World Wars and the Covid-19 pandemic. The Mirror reports that nun Lucile Randon, who was also known as Sister André, passed away in her sleep in Toulouse yesterday.
The Frenchwoman was was born in 1904 and took on the title of world's oldest person last year following the death of Kane Tanaka from Japan at 119. When her predecessor died, Sister André described taking the title as a "sad honour".
She added at the time: "I feel I would be better off in heaven, but the good Lord doesn't want me yet."
