Posted on 03/28/2020 1:42:38 PM PDT by deport
The world’s oldest man, who turns 112 on Sunday, has been
forced to cancel his birthday celebrations because of coronavirus.
Bob Weighton, from Hampshire in the UK, was due to celebrate
with family and friends, but with the UK locked down he will
spend his birthday alone.
“Everything is cancelled, no visitors, no celebration,” he told
Sky News. “It’s a dead loss as far as celebration is concerned.”
Weighton lived through the last truly global pandemic, the 1918
Spanish Flu outbreak, but says he does not remember it.
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There’s always next year.
Alas!
Taft’s fault...
Harding’s fault...
Coolidge’s fault...
Hoover’s fault...
Eisenhower’s fault...
He looks like me. That can’t be good.
The world’s oldest KNOWN man.
Yep. Maybe we’ll see a contest of ‘no I’m older’.
Heck we may find a 120 yo out there.
112! God bless him!
At his age, I wouldn’t say that.
112?
There are 70 year olds that dont look that good.
Kane Tanaka (田中カ子, Tanaka Kane, born 2 January 1903) is a validated Japanese supercentenarian who, at age 117 years, 86 days, is the world's oldest verified living person following the death of 117-year-old Chiyo Miyako on 22 July 2018.
So photo in Post #1 claims to the oldest living male. Post
#10 has his bested. So what is correct I have no idea. But
they both are old.
Japan denies that anything happened during 1939-1945 so those years don’t count for Tanaka.
Mel Brooks.
Same as my birthday (though mine is a bit later). Happy Birthday, Mr. Weightin!
Post #10 is female and currently.oldest person living and 8th eldest ever confirmed. If she lasts another 6 months she’d reach #3 alll time.
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