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He was considered the world's oldest doctor, as he kept working until the age of 103. [91] Leoz was Spain's oldest known living person when he died aged 110 years 276 days. His record was surpassed in 1992 by Josep Armengol Jover (23 July 1881 – 20 January 1994), who lived 112 years and 181 days.
Spain's Maria Branyas Morera, the world's oldest living person, who was born in the U.S. and lived through two world wars, the Spanish Civil War and the COVID pandemic, has died at 117, her family ...
Branyas died of natural causes in her sleep on 19 August 2024 at the age of 117 years and 168 days. [ 25 ] [ 26 ] [ 27 ] After her death, Tomiko Itooka became the world's oldest living person. Itooka was born in 1908 and as such Branyas was the last living person born in 1907, which she held the title for following the death of 116-year old ...
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 Morera, the oldest person in the world, has died at 117 years old, her family said.
[b] The oldest verified man ever is Jiroemon Kimura (1897–2013) of Japan, who lived to the age of 116 years and 54 days. The oldest known living person is Inah Canabarro Lucas of Brazil, aged 116 years, 250 days. [5] The oldest known living man is João Marinho Neto of Brazil, aged 112 years, 131 days. [6]
Branyas, who had lived through the 1918-1920 Spanish flu pandemic, gained fame in Spain in May 2020 after she became the oldest person to successfully recover from COVID-19 at the time.
On 18 January 2022, upon the death of 112-year-old Saturnino de la Fuente García of Spain, [18] [19] Pérez became the world's oldest man. This was verified by Guinness World Records on 4 February, [20] and announced on 17 May. His 113th birthday on 27 May 2022 was marked by a large celebration with his family, attended by many members of the ...