Europe 1 with AFP 9:30 p.m., January 17, 2023, modified at 9:41 p.m., January 17, 2023

The doyenne of humanity, the French sister André, died on Tuesday at the age of 118, her spokesperson told AFP.

She died in her sleep in Toulon where she lived in a retirement home. 

The French sister André, who was the dean of known humanity since April, died in her sleep on the night of Monday to Tuesday in her retirement home in Toulon, in the south of France, announced to AFP his spokesperson on Tuesday evening.

"She died at 2am. There is great sadness but she wanted it, it was her desire to join her beloved brother. For her, it's a release", explained David Tavella, in charge of communication at the Sainte-Catherine-Labouré residential establishment for dependent elderly people where she lived.

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