World's Oldest Man Dead (114)

[matcom]

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MADRID (Reuters) - A retired Spanish shoemaker who was officially the world's oldest man has died at his home at the age of 114, his family said on Saturday.

The Guinness World Records recognized Joan Riudavets Moll as the world's oldest man following the death of Japan's Yukichi Chuganji, also 114, in September. Riudavets, who attributed his longevity to a life of moderation, was born on Dec. 15, 1889 -- the year Adolf Hitler and Charlie Chaplin were born and the year the Eiffel Tower was completed.

He had been retired for half a century.

He died at home in Es Migjorn Gran on the Spanish Mediterranean island of Menorca on Friday night, a police spokesman there said.

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[underpants]

1. Alert --------false headline!!!!!!

He ain't the oldest anymore

[papau]

2. I keep seeing that headline - day after day

and it is never "old news"!

:-)

[Cooley Hurd]

3. Why, all of a sudden, is the death of the world's oldest person...

...considered news? The death of "world's oldest person" happens weekly. Why would anyone, with the exception of Willard Scott, care about this?

[papau]

5. As a professional actuary I care - but when you get beyond the 15000

or so Actuaries out there - the death of the oldest person is not of great interest.

We currently close mortality tables down at about 120 years - nothing I've seen indicates that is going to change in the next century.

But hey - this is a MATCOM post - you have to go with the flow!

:toast:

:-)

[grannylib]

4. Birth certificate states he was only 92, so a sham anyway....