Leonora Masima Noel

Leonora Masima Noel (10 December 1901 [uncertain] – 24 September 2021) was an unverified Venezuelan-born Grenadian supercentenarian who died at the claimed age of 119 years and 288 days old. If verified she would be the second oldest person ever behind verified Jeanne Calment.

Life and Longevity Leonora Masima Noel was born in Venezuela. When she was 7 years old her mother died in childbirth and so her father brought her back to L’Esterre in Carriacou, Grenada, living in a straw hut. As an adult she worked crushing stones to be used to pave roads. She had 5 children, as of 2020, two were deceased and three were alive. In 2016 for her 114th Birthday she received a Birthday telegram from Queen Elizabeth II. She died on the 24 September 2021 from COVID-19 at the purported age of 119 years old.