Olomo TIMES

The world's oldest person and the last known to have been born in the 1800s, Emma Morano has died on Saturday at age 117.

Morano, from Italy who was born on November, 29, 1889 in the Piedmont region of Italy, died while sitting in a rocking chair in her home, located in the Northern Italy town of Verbania.

Morano's life spanned three centuries and was believed to be the last-surviving person born in the 1800s after Susannah Mushatt Jones, 116, of New York City, died in May 2016.

Morano was the oldest of eight children all of whom she has outlived, including a sister who lived to be 102.

She worked in a jute factory and at a boarding school kitchen. She retired at 75, more than 40 years ago.

She married Giovanni Martinuzzi in 1926 and in 1937, gave birth to her only child, who died just months later. She separated from Martinuzzi the next year, but never divorced him.

She had attributed her longevity to her genetics and a diet of three eggs a day, two of them raw. Her mother reached 91 and several sisters reached their centenary.

She also survived an abusive marriage, the loss of her only son, two World Wars and more than 90 Italian governments.

She celebrated her 117 birthday in Verbania, Italy, on Tuesday, November 29, 2016.

Celebrating her 117th birthday last year