A Brazilian nun with a passion for football has reportedly become the world’s oldest living person, at nearly 117, after the recent death of a Japanese woman. Sister Inah Canabarro was so thin growing up that many didn’t think she would survive childhood, Cleber Canabarro, her 84-year-old nephew, told the Associated Press. LongeviQuest, an organization … Read more
Tomiko Itooka, a Japanese woman who was the oldest person in the world according to Guinness World Recordsdied, an Ashiya city official said Saturday. She was 116 years old. Yoshitsugu Nagata, head of policies for the elderly, said Itooka died Dec. 29 at a nursing home in Ashiya, Hyogo Prefecture, central Japan. This photo provided … Read more
London — The world’s oldest man, John Tinniswood, died at the age of 112 in the retirement home where he lived in Southport, northwest England, Guinness World Records announced Tuesday , citing his family. Tinniswood was born in Liverpool on August 26, 1912 and died on Monday. He became the world’s oldest man in April … Read more