Maria Branyas Morera was listed by the Gerontology Research Group as the oldest known person in the world after the death of French nun Lucile Randon last year.
Maria Branyas Morera, an American-born Spaniard believed to be the world’s oldest person at 117, has died, her family said on Tuesday.
In a post on Ms Morera’s account on X, her family wrote: “Maria Branyas has left us. She has gone the way she wanted: in her sleep, at peace, and without pain.”
They then wrote that she had told them in the days before her death: “I don’t know when, but very soon this long journey will come to an end.
“Death will find me worn down from having lived so much, but I want to meet it with a smile, feeling free and satisfied.”
