World's oldest living person dies at 116 in Ukraine

RIA ^ | 16/ 12/ 2007

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LVOV, December 16 (RIA Novosti) - The planet's oldest living person, Grigoriy Nestor, died at the age of 116 in the Lvov Region in western Ukraine on Sunday.

According to church documents and his passport, Nestor was born on March 15, 1891.

Nestor, who worked as a shepherd in the village, used to say that he had lived to an old age because he had never been married and had not had his nervous system "undermined on the marital front."

Nestor, who loved Ukrainian, Russian, German and Polish songs as he learnt them after living through the first and second world wars in his west Ukrainian village, actually never fell ill, never took any medicines and never used alcohol in large amounts.

According to Guinness World Records, today the world's oldest living person is 115-year-old Emiliano Mercado del Toro of Puerto Rico who assumed this title after Elizabeth Bolden, an African American woman, died at the age of 116 years and 118 days in 2006.

[daler]

So who’s the oldest dead person?

[ConservativeMind]

It sounds like he would have been in interesting man to know.

[DuncanWaring]

Adam.

[Just another Joe]

So who’s the oldest dead person?

Ummmm, that would be Adam.

[Just another Joe]

Or are you asking who lived the longest before they died?

[Moonman62]

Nestor, who worked as a shepherd in the village, used to say that he had lived to an old age because he had never been married and had not had his nervous system "undermined on the marital front."

Well, it is true that women usually outlive men.

[the invisib1e hand]

World's oldest living person dies at 116 in Ukraine

this is a bit of an oxymoron, isn't it?

[Just another Joe]

The longest lifespan, documented beyond reasonable doubt, is the 122 years 164 days of Jeanne Calment (1875–1997).

This is if you don't want to believe the Bible.

[the invisib1e hand]

...never had his nervous system "undermined on the marital front."

clearly their problems predate the revolution.

no wonder they fell to a godless, atheistic regime.

[Jack Wilson]

That title ‘Oldest Living Person’ , seems to be cursed.

[mamelukesabre]

Are you saying that because she lived beyond the 120 year maximum the bible tells us? Or are you saying that because the old testament has methusela and such?

[RDTF]

so...then what exactly is the documented lifespan of Adam?

[joshhiggins]

Or could it be Abel.

[1rudeboy]

Yeah. Just in terms of background, does anyone have any data on how many of these “World’s Oldest Person”-types actually die?

[djf]

My bet would be that 20-30 years from now, there will be hundreds, if not thousands, of folks that old in the US.

Nutrition, genetics, medical advances, fine cigars...

There’s a common nutritional supplement that has been shown over and over in animals to increase their lifespan by a third.

[Larry Lucido]

He lived that long because he took vitamin supplements with antioxymorons.

[jdm]

antioxymorons

lol.

[Just another Joe]

Or are you saying that because the old testament has methusela and such?

Yep, if you believe the Bible, Methusela had the longest lifespan of any human.

[Tijeras_Slim]

You had to be pretty tough to make it in the Ukraine during the first 60 years of his life.