Misao Okawa died peacefully in her nursing home, surrounding by family Born in 1898, great-grandmother celebrated her 117th birthday on March 5 Gertrude Weaver, 116, from Arkansas, USA, now world's oldest person

By Elaine O'flynn For Mailonline and Associated Press

Published: 02:11 EST, 1 April 2015 | Updated: 12:16 EST, 1 April 2015

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The world's oldest person has died a few weeks after celebrating her 117th birthday - after saying her life seemed 'rather short'.

Misao Okawa was surrounded by her family and staff at her nursing home in Osaka, Japan, as she died of heart failure on April 1.

Born on March 5, 1898, the great-grandmother had lived through two World Wars, the invention of the television and the first successful powered aeroplane flight by the Wright Brothers.

The world's oldest person, Misao Okawa of Japan, died on April 1 aged 117. The great-grandmother had only celebrated her most recent birthday on March 5, where she said she thought her life had been 'rather short'

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