OREANDA-NEWS The oldest woman in the world from Spain, who had the status of the oldest living person, died at the age of 117. This is reported by the Daily Mail.

Maria Branias Morera's relatives wrote on her account that the woman passed away in her sleep and without pain. For the past two decades, she has lived in a nursing home, where she celebrated her 117th birthday in March.

Shortly before her death, Morera warned that she felt weak. "The time is near. Don't cry, I don't like tears. And, above all, don't suffer because of me," she then addressed her subscribers. "Wherever I go, I will be happy," the woman said.

The centenarian was born on the fourth of March 1907 in San Francisco, California. At the age of eight, she moved with her family to Spain and settled in Catalonia, where she lived all her life. The woman survived the Spanish flu pandemic, as well as the Spanish Civil war, about which, according to her, she has "very difficult memories."

Morera was married to the doctor Joan Moret, with whom she had three children. The woman was widowed in 1976. She also lost one of her children, an only son named Augustus. She was recognized as the oldest person in the world by the Guinness Book of World Records in January 2023.

Now the oldest person on Earth is Tomiko Itoka. The woman was born in Japan in May 1908. She is now 116 years old.

Earlier it was reported that a 124-year-old resident of Peru, who declared himself the oldest man in the world and the oldest person who ever lived, revealed the reason for his longevity. He believes that he has lived so much thanks to eating healthy foods, including fruits and lamb meat.