January 18, 2023 at 21:13pm
Sister André died at 2 am local time on the 17th in the city of Toulon in the south of France aged 118.
[Chinanews.com]According to a CNN report, Sister André, “the oldest living person in the world”, died in the city of Toulon in the south of France at 2 am local time on the 17th at the age of 118.
That night, the mayor of Toulon, Falco, posted on social media Twitter, announcing the news of Sister André’s death.
According to a statement released by Guinness World Records in April 2022, Sister Andrea, whose real name was Lucille Langdon, was born on February 11, 1904. The statement said that she is not only “the oldest living person in the world” , but also the longest nun in history.
She looked after children during the Second World War and looked after orphans and the elderly in hospitals for 28 years before becoming a Catholic nun.
On her birthday in 2022, Sister Andre also received a birthday card written by French President Macron. This president is the 18th French president she has experienced in her life.
Before Sister Andrea, the Japanese woman Tokiko Tanaka was the oldest person in the world. He died in April 2022 aged 119.
According to the information revealed by the Guinness Book of World Records, the oldest old man in history is also a French woman – Jeanne-Louis Calment. She was born in February 1875 and died in 1997 aged 122 years and 164 days.
