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  • World's oldest man: 'No special secret to long life'

    08/25/2024 11:20:55 PM PDT · by RandFan · 36 replies
    BBC ^ | Aug 26 | Gemma Sherlock & PA Media
    The world's oldest living man has declared he has no "special secrets" to pass on about his longevity as he celebrated turning 112. John Tinniswood, who was born in Liverpool on 26 August 1912, told the Guinness World Records he had "no idea at all" why he had lived so long. The lifelong Liverpool fan, who lives at a care home in Southport, became the world’s oldest living man in April when 114-year-old Juan Vicente Pérez Mora died. He said he had been "quite active as a youngster" and did "a lot of walking", but believed he was "no different"...
  • Amazon Eve the world's tallest model finally finds love - with 6ft 4in Mr Right, four inches shorter

    09/26/2013 1:11:46 PM PDT · by EveningStar · 43 replies
    The Daily Mail ^ | September 26, 2013 | Katy Winter
    Amazon Eve the world's tallest model finally finds love - with 6ft 4in Mr Right who's four inches shorter than her (and a little bit older) Amazon Eve, or Erika Ervin, is 6ft 8 and worried she would never find love Met boyfriend Dennis, in his 60s, who's 6ft 4in when he was her accountantBy the age of 14 already 5ft 9, she towered over her classmatesSays shorter men saw her as a mother figure, and found dating hard
  • World’s oldest man dies in NY at age 112

    09/14/2013 6:53:00 PM PDT · by Olog-hai · 54 replies
    Associated Press ^ | Sep 14, 2013 8:47 PM EDT
    The world’s oldest man, a 112-year-old self-taught musician, coal miner and gin rummy aficionado from western New York, has died. He was 112. Salustiano Sanchez-Blazquez died Friday at a nursing home in Grand Island, according to Robert Young, senior gerontology consultant with Guinness World Records. Sanchez-Blazquez became the world’s oldest man when Jiroemon Kimura died June 12 at age 116. …