Maria Branyas, The World's Oldest Person Dies In Spain At 117 Years Old

Maria Branyas/PHOTO via X @MariaBranyas112

JAKARTA - Maria Branyas, the oldest person in the world, died peacefully in a Spanish nursing home at the age of 117.

"Maria Branyas has left us. She died as she wanted: in her sleep, peacefully and without pain," said her daughter's official X account quoted by Reuters, Tuesday, August 20.

Branyas once stated his death would soon be "I feel weak. Time has come. Don't cry, I don't like tears... You know me, wherever I go, I'll be happy," he said.

Maria Branyas turned 117 on March 4, according to Guinness World Records, and became the world's oldest person in January 2023.

Born in San Francisco, California, in 1907, Maria Branyas moved with her Spanish family back to the northeastern region of Catalonia when she was seven years old.

He spent the rest of his life there, living through the 1936-39 civil war and two pandemics one century apart from the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic and the 2020-2021 COVID-19 pandemic.

In 1931, Maria Brantas married Catalan doctor Joan Moret, and was blessed with three children.

Her husband died in 1976 and she also lived longer than her son, August, who died in a tractor accident at the age of 86, Guinness World Records said on its website.

Branyas allows scientists to study their extraordinary longevity, which he attributes to good luck, genetics and calm', good relationships with family and friends, contact with nature, emotional stability, no worries, no regrets, many positive things, and staying away from them. from toxic people," according to Guinness.

When he reached the age of 117, Branyas became the 12th oldest verified person in history.

The oldest is French woman Jeanne Calment, who lives until the age of 122 years 164 days.