French nun Lucile Randon, who was also known as Sister André, passed away yesterday
The world's oldest person has died at 118 years old after surviving both World Wars and the Covid-19 pandemic. The Mirror reports that nun Lucile Randon, who was also known as Sister André, passed away in her sleep in Toulouse yesterday.
She added at the time: "I feel I would be better off in heaven, but the good Lord doesn't want me yet." In her younger years, Sister André worked as a teacher and a governess, and spend much of World War Two looking after children. When the war ended, she travelled to Vichy to work in a hospital, where she spent 28 years supporting orphans and the elderly, before moving into a nursing home in 1979.
As well as holding the record the world's oldest Covid survivor, she also owned the world record for oldest living nun,
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