World's oldest man dies
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June 13, 2013, Thursday
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JAPAN'S Jiroemon Kimura, who had been recognized by the Guinness World Records as the world's oldest living person and the oldest man ever, died yesterday of natural causes. He was 116.
Kimura, of Kyotango, Japan, was born on April 19, 1897. Officials in Kyotango said he died in a hospital, where he had been undergoing treatment for pneumonia.
According to Guinness, Kimura was the first man in history to have lived to 116 years old.
Kimura became the oldest man ever on December 28, 2012, at the age of 115 years, 253 days, breaking the record set by Christian Mortensen, a Danish immigrant to the US, whose life spanned from 1882-1998.
On his 115th birthday, Kimura said he was keeping his mind fit by learning English. He attributed his longevity to getting out in the sunlight.
"I am always looking up towards the sky. That is how I am," Kimura said then.
Kimura is survived by seven children, 14 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren, and 15 great-great-grandchildren, Japanese media said.
The title of oldest living person is now held by another Japanese, 115-year-old Misao Okawa, of Osaka.
Okawa, who was born on March 5, 1898, is also the world's oldest living woman.
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