Last Oldest Man Dies 116

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Here's something I found interesting in the news today

http://i3.dailyrecord.co.uk/incoming/ar ... 947566.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiroemon_Kimura






Old man, you've defied us all!

116!
That's hard to imagine.

Why. There are Redwoods and Sequoias that are a thousand years old.

ruveyn

Yes, if you happen to live in New Jersey. The redwoods, as you call them, were wiped out by all the grey ones, so when we co-exist with mankind, essentially, we are giving in to manslaughter.

It says that at the time of his death, he had 14 great-great-grandchildren. That's five generations!

Screw it, I want to live to my 110s or even 120s. I don't care if I smell like a rotten egg.

How many more 19th century people still around?

Just two women. 115-year-old Misao Okawa (b. March 5, 1898) of Osaka, Japan, and 114-year-old Jeralean Talley (b. May 23, 1899) of Inkster, MI, United States of America.

Yeah, but trees spend their whole lives in one place only being trees and they don't have as many parts to break or wear out.

It might be ok to be that old if you are as happy as he looks.
The oldest person I know personally was my Uncle E,he was 98.He lived at home and did everything but drive.And ate all the bad stuff and smoked.Go figure.

My oldest relative died in 2010 at the age of 101 and lived in her own home all the way up to the end.
Even at that age she had no health issues and wasn't taking meds of any kind. According to her, eating a lot of beans and reading the Bible is the key to longevity.

^^I'm good on the bean end,but I don't read the bible regularly.Maybe it still counts if you have read it and done a bible study course.I can only hope,but I think the beans have more to do with it.We have quite a few octogenarians here that farm and cut wood.You will see them working the hay fields in the heat.Amazing.

I'm sure I read some news article recently claiming that he was the oldest man who had ever lived, and that he assumed that title upon the death of the previous holder of that title, which suggests that he and the previous holder were born on the same day, which seems unlikely. Sloppy journalism if you ask me.

Besides, I'm sure I remember reading back in the early 90s about another Japanese man who had lived to 120.

Ah okay, was it something like this then?

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/odd/news/a4 ... d-101.html




Oldest marathon runner guy to retire at 101
remember seeing him on the news a few months ago


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