TOKYO, Japan -- The world's oldest person, a Japanese woman, died Wednesday, a few weeks after celebrating her 117th birthday. Misao Okawa died of heart failure and stopped breathing as relatives and ...

The world’s oldest man, João Marinho Neto, turned 113 on Oct. 5, celebrating his birthday with a party with loved ones Neto became the world's oldest man in November 2024, and he told Guinness World ...

The world’s oldest living man has shared the secret to living a long life after celebrating another birthday. Brazilian-born João Marinho Neto turned 113 years old on Sunday, October 5, with a big ...

Guinness World Records certifies Israel Kristal as the oldest living man in the world at 112 years and 178 days old. Born in 1903, into a Jewish Orthodox family, Kristal lost his wife and two children ...

SAO PAULO (AP) — Sister Inah Canabarro, a Brazilian nun and teacher who was the world’s oldest person, has died at 116, her religious congregation said. Canabarro died Wednesday at home of natural ...

At 117 years old, María Branyas was confirmed by Guinness World Records to be the world’s oldest living person — and researchers say her long life wasn’t just good luck. In a statement to Guinness, ...