This file photo taken on May 14, 2016 shows Emma Morano, 116, posing for AFP photographer in Verbania, North Italy, on May 14, 2016. Emma Morano was the oldest person in the world, and the only one who has touched three centuries. She died on April 15, 20
ROME: Emma Morano, who at 117 was believed to be the world’s oldest person and the last to be born in the 19th century, died on Saturday in her home in northern Italy , Italian media reported.
Morano, who lived in northern Italy, was born on Nov. 29, 1899, four years before the Wright brothers first took to the air. Her life spanned three centuries, two World Wars and more than 90 Italian governments.
Italian news agencies ANSA and Agi said the death was reported by her friends and family.
Dr. Carlo Bava told The Associated Press by telephone that Morano's caretaker called him to say the woman had passed away Saturday afternoon while sitting in an armchair in her home in Verbania, a town on Lake Maggiore.
Bava said he had last paid his nearly-daily call on Morano on Friday. He says "she thanked me and held my hand" as usual.
Morano, born on Nov. 29, 1899, was also believed to have been the last surviving person in the world who was born in the 1800s.
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