The world’s oldest person, Spain’s Maria Branyas, dies at 117
Global News
"I am old, very old, but not an idiot," read the Catalan grandma's social media bio.
The world’s oldest-known person, Spain’s Maria Branyas Morera, has died at the age of 117, her family confirmed Tuesday.
“Maria Branyas has left us. She died as she wished: in her sleep, peacefully and without pain,” her family wrote in Catalan on her account on X on Tuesday. “We will always remember her for her advice and her kindness.”
Branyas was born in the U.S. in 1907 and lived through two pandemics, two world wars, an earthquake and a major fire — and retained many memories from her long and eventful life as she grew older.
Speaking to Spanish news outlet ABC in November last year, scientist Manel Esteller said Branyas had “a completely lucid head” despite her age.
“She remembers with impressive clarity events from when she was only four years old, and she does not present any cardiovascular disease, common in elderly people,” he added.
Esteller was studying Banyas to determine her biological age, believing that she was “much younger physically” than her chronological age.
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