“World’s oldest man” Masazo
Nonaka, who was born just two years after the Wright brothers launched
humanity’s first powered flight, died today at the age of 113.
According to Guinness World
Records, Nonaka was born in July 1905, just months before Albert Einstein
published his special theory of relativity. Guinness officially recognised
Nonaka as the oldest living man after the death of Spaniard Francisco Nunez Olivera
last year.
“We feel shocked at the
loss of this big figure. He was as usual yesterday and passed away without
causing our family any fuss at all,” his granddaughter Yuko told Kyodo News.
Nonaka had six brothers and
one sister, marrying in 1931 and fathering five children. He ran a hot spring
inn in his hometown and in retirement enjoyed watching sumo wrestling on TV and
eating sweets, according to local media. Japan has one of the world’s highest
life expectancies and was home to several people recognised as among the oldest
humans to have ever lived.
They include Jiroemon
Kimura, the longest-living man on record, who died soon after his 116th
birthday in June 2013. The oldest verified person ever Jeanne Louise Calment of
France died in 1997 at the age of 122, according to Guinness.
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