Giuseppina Projetto, born on March 20th, 1903 and dubbed the "grandmother of Italy", became Europe's oldest living person last December, and was the world's second oldest person when she died at home last Friday. She had said eating chocolate every day and keeping positive were the keys to her long life.

Now Maria Giuseppa Robucci, known locally as 'nonna Peppa', is the third oldest person in the world and oldest woman in Europe. The two oldest woman on the globe both live in Japan and are aged 117 and 115.