France's Sister Andre claims title of world's oldest living person
A French nun who recently celebrated her 118th birthday with her traditional port-and-chocolate cocktail is now the world’s oldest known person, following the death announced Monday of a Japanese woman, Kane Tanaka, who was one year her senior. Lucile Randon, known as Sister Andre, was born in southern France on February 11, 1904, when World War I was still a decade away.