World’s oldest man dies aged 112 just months after breaking record

The world’s oldest surviving antheral has died astatine the property of 112, ‘surrounded by euphony and love’ successful his attraction location in Merseyside.

John Tinniswood passed distant connected Monday successful Southport, months aft being named arsenic the oldest antheral successful the world.

He was calved in Liverpool on August 26, 1912, the twelvemonth the Titanic sank, and became the world’s oldest surviving antheral successful April. He attributed his longevity to ‘luck’.

‘You either unrecorded agelong oregon you unrecorded short, and you can’t bash overmuch astir it,’ helium antecedently said.

Mr Tinniswood lived done some satellite wars and is the world’s oldest surviving antheral Second World War veteran. He worked successful an administrative relation for the Army Pay Corps.

Beyond eating a information of battered food and chips each Friday, Mr Tinniswood said helium did not travel immoderate peculiar diet.

In summation to accounts and auditing, his enactment progressive logistical tasks specified arsenic locating stranded soldiers and organising nutrient supplies. He went connected to enactment arsenic an accountant for Shell and BP earlier retiring successful 1972.

A lifelong Liverpool FC fan, Mr Tinniswood was calved conscionable 20 years aft the nine was founded successful 1892, and has lived done each 8 of his club’s FA Cup wins and 17 of their 19 league rubric wins.

Mr Tinniswood met his wife, Blodwen, astatine a creation successful Liverpool, and the mates enjoyed 44 years unneurotic earlier Blodwen died successful 1986. They stock a daughter, Susan, calved successful 1943.

Their girl Susan was calved successful 1943.

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Since turning 100 successful 2012, helium received a day paper each twelvemonth from the precocious Queen Elizabeth, who was his inferior by astir 14 years.

When asked astir however helium felt turning 112 this August, helium told Guinness World Records: ‘In each honesty, nary different. I don’t consciousness that age, I don’t get excited implicit it. That’s astir apt wherefore I’ve reached it.

‘I conscionable instrumentality it successful my stride similar thing else, wherefore I’ve lived that agelong I person nary thought astatine all. I can’t deliberation of immoderate peculiar secrets I have. I was rather progressive arsenic a youngster, I did a batch of walking,’ helium said.

The world’s oldest surviving antheral rubric present goes to Brazilian Joao Marinho Neto, besides 112, calved connected October 5, 1912.

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