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Maria Branyas Morera, the oldest person in the world, has died at 117 years old, her family announced via X on Tuesday, Aug. 20. “Maria Branyas has left us. She has died as she wanted: in her sleep, peacefully and without pain,” the statement reads. “We will always remember her for her advice and kindness.” Branyas Morera was born in San Francisco on March 4, 1907, according to Guinness World Records.
She posted about the loneliness she experienced at the time, writing, “Loneliness is very bad because of the sensations and feelings of insecurity it produces, and because of the fears it generates. I realize that these fears impair my faculties and diminish my quality of life.” In the post announcing her death, her family shared Branyas Morera’s reflections from a few days prior: “One day I will leave here. I will not try coffee again, nor eat yogurt, nor caress Fairy ,” she said.
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