Ms. Bernardina Sánchez Vicente of Tudela, Navarra (ESP) sadly passed away on 16 May 2026, aged 108 y. and 218 d.
She was born on 30 September 1917.
https://segundacentena.blogspot.com/2026/01/personas-espanolas-mayores-de-105-anos.html
Rest in peace.
http://www.supercentenariditalia.it/persone-viventi-piu-longeve-in-italia.
Persone viventi più longeve in Italia – Supercentenari d'Italia (supercentenariditalia.it)
R.I.P. Ms. Sánchez Vicente.
ESO Correspondent for Portugal (since 2026)
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When the young commander of the guard declared his love for her, she rejected him simply because his frivolity startled her. "See how simple he is," she told Amaranta. "He says that he’s dying because of me, as if I were a bad case of colic."
-One Hundred Years of Solitude