World’s oldest person Maria Branyas dies in Spain aged 117
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A spritely resident of Spain’s Catalonia region, Branyas lived through two world wars and numerous events of historical importance.
Maria Branyas, who was the world’s oldest living person, has died in a Spanish nursing home at the age of 117. She lived through two world wars and numerous events of historical importance.
A spokesperson for the nursing home and her official social media account said on Tuesday that Branyas had passed away in her sleep.
The Guinness World Records had declared her the oldest living person in January 2023.
“Maria Branyas has left us. She has died as she wanted: in her sleep, peacefully and without pain,” her social media account, managed by her daughter, announced. Her bio on X, formerly known as Twitter, reads “I am old, very old, but I’m not an idiot.”
Branyas had surmised that she was at the end of her life earlier this week, stating in a social media post that “I feel weak. The time is coming. Don’t cry, I don’t like tears….You know me, wherever I go, I will be happy.”
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