World's oldest person, a Japanese woman, dies at 119

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A Japanese woman recognized as the world’s oldest person, Kane Tanaka, has died at age of 119

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Tanaka Born on Jan. 2, 1903, loved playing the board game.

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She was certified by Guinness World Records as the oldest living person in 2019 when she was 116

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Tanaka died of old age on April 19 at a hospital in Fukuoka

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With her death, the world’s oldest human is now Lucile Randon

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A French nun known as Sister Andre, aged 118, according to The Gerontology Research Group

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In Japan, the new record-holder is a 115-year-old woman Fusa Tatsumi, of Osaka

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