Tanaka was born in 1903 and survived two World Wars and two global pandemics. She died at 119 Years and 107 days old.
A Japanese woman who was the world’s oldest living person and also the second oldest person on record died on April 19, just nine days after becoming the second oldest person who ever lived. Kane Tanaka from the southwestern Fukuoka region of Japan was born on January 2, 1903,11 months before the Wright Brothers perform the first controlled flight in an airplane, and died on Tuesday, April 19, 2022, at 119 years and 107 days old. Tanaka had previously said that her large family, sleeping well, always being positive and hopeful, eating good food, and practicing mathematics to develop her brain helped her live so long. She was also a fan of waking early, with a daily routine beginning at 6 am every day. The death of the supercentenarian was announced on Monday by a city official in Fukuoka, southern Japan, who confirmed that Ms. Tanaka died at a hospital as a result of old age, The Wall Street Journal reported.
