French nun, world's oldest person, passes away after 118 years
Lucile Randon was born in southern France on 11 February 1904, a decade before the outbreak of the First World War. She died peacefully in her sleep earlier this week.
Sister Andre was long recognised as the oldest European, before the death of Japan's Kane Tanaka last year at the age of 119 left the French nun the oldest surviving person on Earth.
The Guinness World Records organisation officially acknowle