Death of the dean of humanity: living more than 110 years, a less and less rare medical feat?

“For her, it’s a release.” Sister André, dean of humanity, died on the night of Monday to Tuesday at the age of 118, announced the communication officer of the nursing home where she lived. Lucile Randon – by her civil name – was one of the “supercentenarians”, that is to say people who had reached the canonical age of 110 years. These have been more and more numerous in France over the last decades, and this trend will certainly continue in the future.