The world's oldest man dies in New York 老年の 112

  • New York's Salustiano Sanchez-Blazquez, 112, is the world's oldest man
  • The world's oldest person is a woman, 115-year-old Misao Okawa of Japan

Guinness World 記録,記録的な/記録するs says the former musician and coal 鉱夫 certified as the world's oldest man has died.

Salustiano Sanchez-Blazquez was 112.

Guinness 顧問 Robert Young says Sanchez-Blazquez died Friday at a nursing home in Grand Island, N.Y.

愛称d "Shorty," Sanchez-Blazquez became the world's oldest man when Jiroemon Kimura died in June at age 116.

Sanchez-Blazquez was born June 8, 1901, in the village of El Tejado de Bejar, Spain. He moved to Cuba at 17, then to the 部隊d 明言する/公表するs in 1920 where he worked the coal 地雷s of Lynch, Ky. He 結局 moved to the Niagara 落ちるs area.

Record-holder: Salustiano Sanchez-Blazquez, 112, pictured, became the world's oldest man when Jiroemon Kimura died on June 12 at age 116. He died this week in New York state

記録,記録的な/記録する-支えるもの/所有者: Salustiano Sanchez-Blazquez, 112, pictured, became the world's oldest man when Jiroemon Kimura died on June 12 at age 116. He died this week in New York 明言する/公表する

He had two children, seven grandchildren, 15 広大な/多数の/重要な-grandchildren and five 広大な/多数の/重要な-広大な/多数の/重要な-grandchildren.

Sanchez-Blazquez, 愛称d 'Shorty', said a daily intake of 気が狂って and six Anacin tablets 与える/捧げるd to his longevity.

'I'm an old man and let's leave it at that,' the self-taught musician, coal 鉱夫 and gin rummy aficionado said in a 声明 to Guinness World 記録,記録的な/記録するs in June.

Sanchez-Blazquez, a 広大な/多数の/重要な-広大な/多数の/重要な-grandfather, said he was humbled by the attention, but he didn't feel he 遂行するd anything special just because he has lived longer than most.

But Robert Young, 上級の 老年学 顧問 with Guinness World 記録,記録的な/記録するs, said 90 パーセント of all supercentenarians are 女性(の) and Salustiano was the only male born in 1901 with proof of birth.

Guinness World 記録,記録的な/記録する s used 国勢(人口)調査 報告(する)/憶測s, 移民/移住 papers, marriage 記録,記録的な/記録するs and news 報告(する)/憶測s to 確認する the 記録,記録的な/記録する.

The world's oldest person is a woman, 115-year-old Misao Okawa of Japan.?

The oldest authenticated person was Jeanne Louise Calment of フラン, who died at the age of 122 years and 164 days.

Sanchez-Blazquez was born on June 8, 1901, in village of El Tejado de Bejar, Spain.

He was known for his talent on the dulzania, a 二塁打-reed 勝利,勝つd 器具 that he taught himself and played at weddings and village 祝賀s.

At 17, he moved with his older brother Pedro and a group of friends to Cuba, where they worked in the 茎 fields.

The world's oldest person is Japan's Misao Okawa, 115

The world's oldest person is Japan's Misao Okawa, 115

In 1920, he moved to the U.S. 経由で Ellis Island and worked in the coal 地雷s of Lynch, Kentucky.

He 結局 moved to the Niagara 落ちるs area of New York, where he still lives, wo rking in construction and in the 産業の furnaces.

He married his wife, Pearl, in 1934.

When she died in 1988, he lived with his daughter Irene Johnson, 69, before moving into a nursing home in 2007.

Grand Island's Johnson 申し込む/申し出d her own theory for her dad's staying 力/強力にする: 'I think it's just because he's an 独立した・無所属, stubborn man.'

Sanchez-Blazquez has a daughter, a 76-year-old son, John, seven grandchildren, 15 広大な/多数の/重要な-grandchildren and five 広大な/多数の/重要な-広大な/多数の/重要な-grandchildren.

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