María Branyas Morera, known as the oldest person in the world, has died at 117. The news was confirmed on Tuesday morning and it was said that Morera died while sleeping, at peace and with no pain, as she had wished.

According to records, she was born on March 4, 1907 in the United States, but moved to Spain when she was still a child.

During her impressive life, she witnessed several historic events such as the Titanic shipwreck in 1912, two World Wars, the Spanish Civil War, two pandemics, and the coronation of six British monarchs, from Edward VII to Charles III.

Besides her long life, Morera was acknowledged worldwide as one of the oldest people to recover from COVID-19, after she was infected in May 2020.

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María Branyas loved ones shared on X (formerly known as Twitter), a moving message about her death, where they also wrote down a reflection by Branyas Morera where she said the following:

One day I'll go. I won't try coffee again, or eat yoghurt, or pet my dog, Hada. I will also leave behind my memories, my reflections... I will stop existing in this body. A day, I don't know which, but it is very close, this long journey will be over. Death will find me tired of having lived so long, but I want it to find me smiling, free, and satisfied.

María Branyas Morera was officially recognized as the oldest person in the world on January 17, 2023.

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