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World's oldest person dies aged 119

World's oldest person dies aged 119
Kane Tanaka was born in 1903. [Image: Guinness World Records]

A Japanese woman officially certified as the world's oldest person has died aged 119.

Kane Tanaka was born in 1903.

She got married a century ago and had four children.

Tanaka spent her later years in a Japanese care home, where she enjoyed board games and chocolate.

With her death, the world's oldest person is now Lucile Randon, a 118-year-old French nun.

The oldest-ever living person remains Frenchwoman Jeanne Louise Calment who died aged 122 years and 164 days in 1997.

[Source: BBC]

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