Maria Branyas Morera, the world's oldest person, passed away on Monday, August 19, at 117 in Spain. The Guinness World Records confirmed the news and said they were sad to learn about Maria Branyas Morera's death. According to the GWR, Maria was 117 years and 168 days old at the time of her passing away. She was also the eighth-oldest person (with a verifiable age) in history. As per reports, Maria breathed her last at the nursing home in Catalonia, Spain, where she resided for the past two decades. Born on March 4, 1907, in San Francisco, California, Maria's family moved back to Spain in 1915 amidst the First World War. Maria not only survived both World Wars but also lived through the Spanish Civil War and the Spanish Flu and also survived COVID-19 in 2020. Watch: World's Oldest Person, Japanese Woman Kane Tanaka Dies At 119.

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