After the death at 118 of the dean of humanity, Sister André, the probable new dean of the French is a 112-year-old Vendée, Laurent Toussaint, a specialist in extreme longevity in France, told AFP.
Her name is Marie-Rose Tessier, born Bousseau on May 21, 1910, according to Laurent Toussaint who participates in the international database on longevity IDL (International Database on Longevity) in conjunction with the French Institute for Demographic Studies (INED).
She lives in an accommodation establishment for dependent elderly people in Les Sables-d'Olonne, according to the local press.
No official title
We must nevertheless be
“very careful”
, insisted Laurent Toussaint because it is possible that an even older person is not known or has not yet made himself known.
"I have some doubts because 112 years is not a lot compared to the last accessions to deanery in recent years which were at 113 years old"
, insisted the specialist knowing that no official body attributes these titles of dean or dean.
The French sister André, who was since April 2022 the oldest known humanity, died in her sleep on the night of Monday to Tuesday in her retirement home in Toulon, in the south of France, announced to the AFP its spokesperson.
She is, according to Laurent Toussaint, the 4th person to have lived the longest in the history of humanity, behind a Japanese and an American and especially behind the French Jeanne Calment, who died at 122 years old in Arles in 1997, who remains the longest-lived person in human history whose marital status has been verified.
