Francis was the third-oldest person in the world at the time of her death. Naomi Whitehead recently became the oldest living person in North America at 114-years-old. St. Paul's Senior Living ...

Maria Branyas, the world’s oldest person, died in a Spanish nursing home ... They fought their whole lives, sacrificed time and their dreams for today's quality of life. They didn't deserve ...

The world's oldest man has died two months before his 115th ... The next day after resting, he says he wakes up very well. The whole family is very grateful for my daddy's health.' ...

In the wake of Branyas' death, the oldest living person in the world is Japan's Tomiko Itooka, who was born on May 23, 1908, and is 116 years old, according to the U.S.-based Gerontology Research ...

(JTA) — A Holocaust survivor in Haifa is believed to be the oldest man in the world. Yisrael Kristal ... he has been religiously observant his whole life and continues to lay tefillin each ...

Yisrael Kristal, the world's oldest man, has died at the age of 113 The ... "Despite all that he went through, and he lost the whole family in the Holocaust, he had a lot of optimism, and he ...

A 114-year-old Pennsylvania woman is now believed to be the oldest living person in North America. Naomi Whitehead attained ...

Inah Canabarro Lucas is considered the second oldest person in the world ... I pray the rosary every day for everyone in the whole world.’ She also maintains a sense of humour, and when asked ...

Francis claimed the title in February, and was also the third oldest person in the world. She died at home ... people center their diets around whole foods, with one study suggesting that eating ...

Few world leaders are as old as either man, as The Washington Post reported. The next-oldest president was Ronald Reagan, who was 73 when he won his second term in 1984. He was 77 when he left office ...

Lucy’s discovery transformed our understanding of human origins. Don Johanson, who unearthed the Australopithecus afarensis ...

Scientists have compiled the world's oldest family tree from human bones ... from four women who all had children with the same man. The right to use the site was based on descent from one man.