The world’s second-oldest woman dies at the age of 116 in a nursing home in Japan: Fusa Tatsumi passes away peacefully after eating her favorite meal
The world’s second-oldest woman has died at the age of 116 at a nursing home in Japan, officials said.
Fusa Tatsumi, Japan’s oldest person, died on Tuesday at a healthcare facility in Osaka after eating her favorite meal: bean paste jelly.
Tatsumi was born in April 1907 and raised three children with her husband, a farmer, in Osaka, local broadcaster MBS reported.
“Tatsumi died on Tuesday at the age of 116 at a healthcare facility in Osaka,” an official said in Osaka’s Kashiwara city, as tributes poured in for the super centenarian.
“I think she has done a great job reaching this age,” Tatsumi’s eldest son, Kanji, 76, told local media.
Fusa Tatsumi, Japan’s oldest person, died Tuesday at the Osaka health care facility after eating her favorite meal, bean paste jelly.
Osaka Governor Hirofumi Yoshimura offered his condolences and recalled a party he attended in September to celebrate Tatsumi’s long life.
“I still remember how healthy Mrs. Fusa Tatsumi was,” Yoshimura said. “I sincerely pray for her soul.”
In footage broadcast by local media outlets, she was seen in a wheelchair, mostly sleeping, during her 116th birthday in April.
Tatsumi became Japan’s oldest person in the country after the death of a 119-year-old woman, Kane Tanaka, in April 2022.
Guinness World Records had officially recognized Tanaka’s status as the world’s oldest person in April 2022.
Today, that honor belongs to US-born Maria Branyas Morera, who turns 117 on March 4 next year.
Tatsumi was the second-oldest woman in the world, but her death means that Edith Ceccarelli, from the US, now holds that honor.
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