World’s oldest person dies at the age of 114 in Brazil

In Brasilia, Maria Gomes Valentim, the oldest woman in the world, died of multiple organ failure a few weeks before she was due to turn 115. Guinness said that Ms Valentim died at the age of 114 years and 347 days, the BBC informs.

Previously the title had been held by Besse Cooper from Georgia, in the United States.

But last month, Guinness said they had found that Ms Valentim was 48 days older than Ms Cooper.

Guinness World Records said they had verified Maria Gomes Valentim’s birth record, from 1896, and just last month declared her the oldest living person, BBC reports

She is survived by four grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.

Her son reportedly died in the early 1990s, at the age of 75.

Guinness said the title of world's oldest living person would now revert to Ms Cooper, who is 114 years and 299 days old, the source says.