Kane Tanaka, the world's oldest person, has died aged 119 years old. The Japanese woman was born on January 2, 1903 - the year of the Wright Brothers' first controlled flight of their motor-driven airplane.
She was confirmed by Guinness World Records as the oldest living person in 2019. Tanaka died of old age at a hospital in Fukuoka city, western Japan, on Tuesday, April 19, it has been confirmed by Japan's state broadcaster, The Mirror reports.
During her life, she had been partial to chocolate and fizzy drinks, NHK said. Despite her age, she typically woke up at 6am and was still learning, often studying subjects like maths during her afternoons.
