Heaven can wait: How super-centenarians live


Sister Andre admits to a certain impatience and says: 'To be alone all day with the pain is no fun ... God is not hearing me, he must be deaf.' Photos: AFP

HER 118th birthday wish is "to die soon". But in the meantime, Lucile Randon, better-known as "Sister Andre", always keeps her door open for any visitor who might want to say hello.

Sister Andre is the oldest-known woman in France and Europe, and the second-oldest in the world after Kane Tanaka, a 119-year-old who lives in Japan.

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