Emma Morano Age, Death Cause, Husband, Biography, Facts & More

Bio
Real Name	Emma Martina Luigia Morano
Nickname	Not Known
Profession	Worked at a Jute Factory
Physical Stats & More
Eye Colour	Brown
Hair Colour	White
Personal Life
Date of Birth	29 November 1899
Age (as on 15 April 2017)	117 Years
Birth Place	Vercelli, Piedmont, Italy
Date of Death	15 April 2017
Death Cause	Not Known (she was found dead by her caretaker while sitting on chair)
Place of Death	Verbania, northern Italy
Zodiac sign/Sun sign	Sagittarius
Nationality	Italian
Hometown	Vercelli, Piedmont, Italy
School	Not Known
College	Not Known
Educational Qualifications	Not Known
Family	Father- Giovanni Morano Mother- Matilde Bresciani Brother- 3 Sister- Angela Morano and 4 more
Religion	Christianity
Boys, Affairs and More
Marital Status	Separated
Affairs/Boyfriends	Not Known
Husband	Giovanni Martinuzzi
Marriage Date	Year 1926
Children	Son- 1 (Died at the age of 6 months) Daughter- N/A

Some Lesser Known Facts About Emma Morano

Emma Morano was engaged to a man who was called to the front during the First World War. Devastatingly, she never saw him again and assumed that he had died.

Morano later married a man named Giovanni Martinuzzi in 1926. Their relationship, however, was an abusive one so Morano separated from her husband in 1938. She also gave birth to a child who tragically passed away at only 6 months old.

She had a long-lived family; her mother, an aunt and some of her siblings turned 90, and one of her sisters, Angela Morano died aged 102.

In December 2011, she was awarded the honor of Knight of Order of Merit of the Italian Republic by President Giorgio Napolitano.

On 29 July 2016, she was presented with a certificate by Guinness World Records, recognizing her as the oldest person alive. She is also believed to be the last person living who was born in 19th century.

Notably, Morano was officially recognized as the world’s oldest person after the previous holder of the title, Susannah Mushatt Jones, died in New York in May.

For around 90 years of her life, Emma Morano followed an extraordinary diet. It consisted of three eggs (2 raw and 1 cooked), fresh Italian pasta, a dish of raw meat and a glass of homemade brandy. However, she now limits herself to 2 eggs and a few biscuits a day.