Misao Okawa has died from heart failure at a nursing home in Osaka, Japan. She was 117 years old.
The Associated Press reports that Okawa enjoyed a meal of ramen and a cup of coffee everyday for breakfast, all the way up until the final weeks of her life.
"She went so peacefully, as if she had just fallen asleep," Tomohiro
Okada, an official at her Osaka nursing home, told reporters. "We miss
her a lot."
Earlier this month, Okawa - who is survived by two daughters, a son, four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren - told Time magazine that her life "seemed rather short."
When asked what the secret to her longevity could be, she responded:
"I wonder about that too."
Following Okawa's death, the world's oldest person title is now held by an American woman: Arkansas' Gertrude Weaver. She is 116 years old.
Earlier this month, Okawa - who is survived by two daughters, a son, four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren - told Time magazine that her life "seemed rather short."
When asked what the secret to her longevity could be, she responded:
"I wonder about that too."
Following Okawa's death, the world's oldest person title is now held by an American woman: Arkansas' Gertrude Weaver. She is 116 years old.
