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The world's oldest known person, French nun Sister André, has died at the age of 118, her spokesperson confirmed to AFP Tuesday.

Sister André, whose real name is Lucile Randon, died in her sleep in Toulon, France, according to David Tavella with the Sainte-Catherine Laboure nursing home.

"There is great sadness, but…it was her desire to join her beloved brother," Tavella told AFP. "For her, it's a liberation."

Sister André, born on Feb. 11, 1904, was believed to be the oldest living person in the world, according to Guinness World Records, which recognized her status in April 2022 after the death of 119-year-old Kane Tanaka of Japan.

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Saint Cloud, Minnesota, where the weather is wonderful even when it isn't.

This happens with alarming frequency. I'm beginning to think being the world's oldest person is a death sentence,

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This happens with alarming frequency. I'm beginning to think being the world's oldest person is a death sentence,

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Stories like this are incomplete without a recommendation on how to live so long. Which brand of brandy should I drink? Which brand of cigar?

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Imagine reaching 100 and living for another whole "childhood period."

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Hurts like a bastid...

RgrF just moved up in the rankings.

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Saint Cloud, Minnesota, where the weather is wonderful even when it isn't.

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RgrF just moved up in the rankings.

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Hurts like a bastid...

Next!

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I am that Masked Man.

All you can do, is all you can do.

There’s trouble — it's time to play the sound of my people.

Your boos mean nothing to me, I've seen what you cheer for.

Insisting on your rights without acknowledging your responsibilities isn’t freedom, it’s adolescence.

I've been to the edge of the map, and there be monsters.

We are a government of laws, not men.

Everybody counts or nobody counts.

When a good man is hurt,
all who would be called good
must suffer with him.

You and I have memories longer than the road that stretches out ahead.

There is no safety for honest men except
by believing all possible evil of evil men.

We don’t do focus groups. They just ensure that you don’t offend anyone, and produce bland inoffensive products. —Sir Jonathan Ive

An armed society is a polite society.
And hope is a lousy defense.

You make me pull, I'll put you down.

I *love* SIGs. It's Glocks I hate.

118 years is seriously getting into Galapagos tortoise territory! (though at least one captive Galapagos tortoise lived at least 175 years).

...and staying with mammals, a bowhead whale can live more than 200 years.

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"In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion." (1987) -- Carl Sagan

There's a fungus in Oregon chuckling at us puny short-timers:

"In 1988, Greg Whipple was the first Forest Service employee to investigate the Armillaria infestation in the Malheur National Forest, where the most common tree infested by the fungus is the grand fir. At first, the Humongous Fungus appeared to cover 400 acres, but additional genetic research determined that it was a single organism covering 2,385 acres. It is estimated to weigh as much as 35,000 tons and may be 8,650 years old."

[www.oregonencyclopedia.org]