( CNN ) Misao Okawa , the world 's oldest person according to Guinness World Records , has died at the age of 117 . Okawa passed away Wednesday morning in Osaka , Japan , Tadahi Uchimura , a local official from the city told CNN . She left behind three children , four grandchildren and six great grandchildren . Okawa was born on March 5 , 1898 . Her family ran a Kimono shop in Osaka , Satoshi Yoshioka , an employee at the nursing home where she had lived since 1997 told CNN . `` She was a person with mild character , and loved to eat so much . Her favorite food was sushi and udon noodles , '' Yoshioka said . `` She had eaten a lot of cake for her birthday last March 5. `` `` However , in the last 10 days she stopped eating . I think eating was her motivation to live , and when she lost it , she passed away . '' According to Guiness World Records , the oldest person ever was Jeanne Louise Calment , who died at age 122 in 1997 .
Misao Okawa , the world 's oldest person dies at the age of three . She passed away on Wednesday morning in Japan .