A 102-year-old woman has died just hours after learning her only son had passed away.

Maysie Strang died during the night after being told her son Sandy had succumbed to cancer.

Mrs Strang hit the headlines last year when she celebrated her 102nd birthday from a care home in Newton Mearns, East Renfrewshire.

The centenarian claimed she smoked 20 cigarettes a day for more than 75 years and continued to drink Chardonnay after giving up smoking in her 90s.

Paying tribute to his mother last year, Sandy had said: "There's not many people at 102 that can say that.

"That's as healthy as you can get at that age.

"She looks a lot less than 102. On a good day she can pass for her late 70s, early 80s."

She was born two weeks after the First World War began and often quipped: "I thought I started it."

She worked as an editor's secretary at the Daily Express in Glasgow for more than ten years after joining the paper at 16 and gaining quick promotions.

Later, she became a secretary at Mellick's legal firm and also worked at the Southern General hospital.

Mrs Strang was forced to retire from the hospital after bosses had not realised she was in her 70s.

Sandy's death came just over a month after finding out  he had pancreatic cancer.

There was an outpouring of tributes for Sandy, a Cambridge graduate, who was head teacher at Glasgow's Hutcheson's Grammar School.

The school said it had been inundated with tributes from former pupils whose alumni include transport minister Humza Yousaf, TV presenter Carol Smillie and influential psychiatrist RD Laing.

Colin Gambles, rector of Hutchesons' Grammar School, said: "It was with great sadness that the school learnt of Sandy's death after a short but aggressive illness.

"Sandy was a dedicated Hutchesonian whose commitment to the school and its values is unparalleled.

"His passion for Hutchesons' was lifelong and as recently as December he gave a witty and insightful talk at the annual FP dinner in Glasgow," he added.

"This morning the school's social media channels have been flooded with tributes from many of his former pupils and they all share a common theme - they wouldn't be the people they are today if not for Sandy Strang."

Sports presenter Dougie Donnelly tweeted: "So sad to hear of the passing of the inspirational Sandy Strang. Passionate about education and sport and a fine speaker. #RIP."

Leon Smith, captain of the Great Britain Davis Cup Team tweeted: "Very sad news. Sandy Strang had a positive effect on so many of us."

Mr Strang joined the school as a teacher in the English department in 1974 and was appointed depute rector in 1987.

He left briefly to attain a first class honours in English and classics from Cambridge University and was awarded a sports "Blue" for association football, before returning to Hutchie to teach.

The Apprentice judge Nick Hewer described Mr Strang as "one of the funniest men he had ever heard."