By Chrysanthus Ikeh
Weeks after celebrating her 117 birthday on Thursday, March 5, 2015, Misao Okawa, the woman identified as the oldest person in the world is dead.
The Japanese national was confirmed dead on April 1, 2015. She reportedly died of heart failure at her Osaka nursing home, according to the AP.
Misao, who was recognized as the oldest person in the World by Guinness World Records in 2013 having been born on March 5, 1898, lost her appetite about 10 days ago.
