The world’s oldest person, French nun Lucile Randon, has died aged 118.<\/p>\n
Randon – who assumed the name Sister Andr\u00e9 when she took holy orders in 1944 – died in her sleep at her nursing home in Toulon, France.<\/p>\n
Born in 1904 in southern France, she lived through two world wars and dedicated much of her life to Catholicism.<\/p>\n
“Only the good Lord knows” the secret of her longevity, she told reporters.<\/p>\n
Born when Tour de France had only been staged once, Sister Andr\u00e9 also saw 27 French heads of state.<\/p>\n
A spokesman from her nursing home, David Tavella, shared news of her death with reporters on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
“There is great sadness but… it was her desire to join her beloved brother. For her, it’s a liberation,” Tavella said.<\/p>\n
Sister Andr\u00e9 was said to have a close relationship with her brothers. She once told reporters one of her fondest memories was their safe return from fighting at the end of World War I.<\/p>\n
“It was rare,” she recalled. “In families there were usually two dead rather than two alive”.<\/p>\n
Despite being blind and reliant on a wheelchair, Sister Andr\u00e9 cared for other elderly people – some of whom were much younger than herself.<\/p>\n
In an interview last April with the AFP news agency, Sister Andr\u00e9 said: “People say that work kills, for me work kept me alive, I kept working until I was 108.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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