Oldest Person in the World, Kane Tanaka, Dies at 119

KOMPAS.com - Japanese authorities on Monday, April 25 announced the death of the woman believed to have been the oldest living person in the world.

The local government in Fukuoka, in southwestern Japan, said Kane Tanaka had died on April 19 at the age of 119.

Guinness World Records listed Tanaka as the oldest living person in the world and paid tribute in a Twitter post.

Tanaka’s secrets: Early to bed, early to rise, good food, and lifelong learning

According to the organization, Tanaka was the second-oldest person ever recorded, behind Jeanne Calment who lived to the age of 122, although that is disputed.

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Tanaka was born on January 2, 1903, the same year the Wright brothers made their first successful flight.

Tanaka married at the age of 19 and would go on to have four children of her own and would adopt a fifth child.

In 1937 Tanaka’s oldest son and husband went to fight in the war with China, while she remained behind and sold noodles for a living.

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