Kane Tanaka, a Japanese lady acknowledged because the world’s oldest particular person, has died at age 119, months in need of her objective of reaching 120.
Born on Jan. 2, 1903, Tanaka cherished taking part in the board recreation Othello and had a penchant for chocolate and fizzy drinks. She was licensed by Guinness World Data because the oldest residing particular person in 2019 when she was 116. Throughout media occasions, she stated she was nonetheless having fun with life and hoped to dwell till 120.
Tanaka died of outdated age April 19 at a hospital in Fukuoka, her hometown in southern Japan, the place she spent all her life, metropolis officers stated Tuesday. Tanaka, who had lived at a nursing house, was out and in of the hospital solely lately, they stated.
Fukuoka Gov. Seitaro Hattori stated in a press release that he was shocked and saddened by her loss, as he was trying ahead to marking the Respect for the Aged Day with Tanaka in particular person later this 12 months over chocolate and fizzy drinks. He missed the event final 12 months due to the pandemic.
“I may solely see her in an image exhibiting her with the bouquet and making a ‘peace’ signal (together with her fingers), however that cheered me up,” Hattori stated. “She gave the folks hope for wholesome lengthy life.”
Together with her dying, the world’s oldest particular person is now Lucile Randon, a French nun often known as Sister Andre, aged 118, in line with the Gerontology Analysis Group. In Japan, the brand new record-holder is 115-year-old Fusa Tatsumi of Osaka, the Japanese well being ministry stated.
Japan, whose inhabitants is quickly getting old and declining, had 86,510 centenarians, 90% of them ladies, within the well being ministry’s newest depend.
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