World’s oldest man, John Tinniswood, dies at the age of 112

John Tinniswood, the world’s oldest man, has died astatine the property of 112.

According to his family, helium passed distant Monday astatine a attraction location successful Southport, England, aft a agelong beingness that was good lived.

“His past time was surrounded by euphony and love,” his household told Guinness World Records (GWR) successful a statement.

Despite his achievements successful age, Tinniswood didn’t person immoderate melodramatic proposal for reaching specified longevity — instead, helium chalked it up to “pure luck.”

“You either unrecorded agelong oregon you unrecorded short, and you can’t bash overmuch astir it,” helium pragmatically told GWR earlier this year.

Tinniswood held the rubric of world’s oldest antheral for the amended portion of 2024, aft helium was named by Guinness successful April. He took implicit the rubric from Juan Vicente Perez, a 114-year-old from Venezuela, who passed earlier this year.

He became the U.K.’s oldest antheral successful 2020.

Tinniswood was a great-grandfather to 3 and was calved successful 1912 — the aforesaid twelvemonth the Titanic sank.

Earlier this twelvemonth helium told GWR helium was living a reasonably autarkic life successful the attraction home, contempt his precocious age. He was listening to the vigor for news, getting retired of furniture unassisted and managing his ain finances.

He besides said the lone accordant repast successful his fare was a portion of food and chips each Friday.

“I devour what they springiness maine and truthful does everybody else. I don’t person a peculiar diet.”

In August, erstwhile GWR asked him however it felt to beryllium turning 112, Tinniswood was unfazed.

“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.

“I can’t deliberation of immoderate peculiar secrets I have. I was rather progressive arsenic a youngster; I did a batch of walking. But to me, I’m nary antithetic (than anyone else). No antithetic astatine all.”

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Per the BBC, Tinniswood’s household highlighted that helium “had many good qualities.”

“He was intelligent, decisive, brave, calm successful immoderate crisis, talented astatine maths and a large conversationalist,” they added.

Tinniswood joined his woman Blodwen successful 1942 aft they met astatine a dance. They were joined for 44 years earlier she passed distant successful 1986.

He served successful the Royal Army Pays Corps during the Second World War, earlier taking a occupation with the Royal Mail. He besides worked arsenic an accountant for lipid and state giants BP and Shell, earlier retiring successful 1972.

In his retirement, helium kept engaged by volunteering astatine his religion arsenic an elder and giving sermons.

Tinniswood is survived by his girl Susan, 4 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren.