Spanish woman believed to be world’s oldest person dies aged 117

Maria Branyas. Picture: Gerontology Research Group

Maria Branyas, an American-born Spaniard believed to be the world’s oldest person at 117, has died, her family said on Tuesday.

In a post on Ms Branyas’s account on X, formerly Twitter, her family wrote in Catalan: “Maria Branyas has left us. She has gone the way she wanted: in her sleep, at peace, and without pain.”