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 Wednesday of natural causes. He was 116. Kimura,
of Kyotango, Japan, was born April 19, 1897. Officials in Kyotango said he died
in a local 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
Dec. 28, 2012, at the age of 115 years, 253 days, breaking the record set by
Christian Mortensen, a Danish immigrant to the United States, whose life
spanned from 1882-1998.
Another Japanese, 115-year-old Misao Okawa, of
Osaka, now holds the title of oldest living person. Okawa, who was born March
5, 1898, is also the world’s oldest living woman.
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