Sister Andre: World’s Oldest Person dies aged 118

The world’s oldest person, French nun Lucile Randon, has died aged 118.

Born in 1904 in southern France as Lucile Randon, she assumed the name Sister Andre when she became a nun in 1944, she has lived through two world wars and witnessed 27 French heads of state. She died in her sleep at her nursing home in Toulon, France.

David Tavella, a spokesperson from her nursing home told reporters on Tuesday of her demise. “There is great sadness but…it was her desire to join her beloved brother. For her, it’s a liberation,” he said.

Sister Andre has been Europe’s eldest for some time and entered Guinness Book of Records last April as the world’s oldest person following the death of Kane Tanaka, a Japanese woman who lived until she was 119 years old.

She was also the oldest person to recover from Covid-19.

In her lifetime, although born in a protestant family, she converted to Catholicism and joined the order of nuns, Daughters of Charity for about 15 years. She was assigned to a hospital in Vichy where she spent most of her working years, about 31 years.

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