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  • Alexander Imich: World’s Oldest Man Dies

    Alexander Imich, the world’s oldest man, has died at the age of 111 in New York.

    According to Imich’s niece Karen Bogen of Providence, Rhode Island, Imich passed away at his home in Manhattan on Sunday. Bogen said that she had just visited Imich a day earlier, and that his health had started deteriorating approximately two weeks ago. She revealed during her visit that he no longer recognized her.

    Imich was born in present-day Częstochowa, Poland, on February 4, 1903. In 1953, Alexander and his wife Wela Imich immigrated to the United States. His wife later died in 1986. Since her death, Imich has been living alone in his Manhattan home.

    It was just last month that Imich was named the world’s oldest man after the previous title holder Arturo Licata died just a few days before his 112th birthday. Imich turned 111 in February and was named the oldest living man by the Gerontology Research Group of Torrance, California in April.

    During a May interview with the Guinness Book of World Records, Alexander revealed his secret to longevity. He explained that he lived a healthy lifestyle and was blessed with good genes. He ate very leanly throughout his life and lived by the motto “always pursue what one loves and is passionate about.”

    Guinness is currently investigating whether or not 111-year-old Sakari Momoi of Japan is now the oldest man. The oldest living person, and oldest woman, is Misao Okawa of Osaka, Japan. She was born on March 5, 1898, and is currently 116 years old.

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  • World’s Oldest Man: His Secret To Longevity

    World’s Oldest Man: His Secret To Longevity

    According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Dr. Alexander Imich of New York City has been declared the oldest living man in the world at the age of 111.

    Imich was born in present-day Częstochowa, Poland, on February 4, 1903. He and his wife Wela Imich immigrated to the United States in 1953, where she later died in 1986. Since Wela’s death, Alexander has been living alone in his Manhattan home.

    Imich revealed to Guinness that he credits his longevity to good genes and living a healthy lifestyle; eating very leanly throughout his entire life, and living by the motto, “”always pursue what one loves and is passionate about.”

    Robert Young, Senior Gerontology Consultant for Guinness World Records, was the one to verify Imich’s award by utilizing his birth certificate and immigration papers. “He is both the oldest living war veteran and the first ‘oldest living man’ to hold a doctorate,” Young said.

    Stuart Claxton, an official Guinness Book of World Records official, visited Imich at his Manhattan Upper West Side home to present him with the official plaque.

    Imich’s record was verified when Arturo Licata of Italy passed away on April 24, 2014 at the age of 111 years and 357 days. The oldest living person, and oldest woman, is Misao Okawa of Osaka, Japan. She was born on March 5, 1898, and is currently 116-years-old.

    The oldest living documented person by the Guinness Book of World Records was Jeanne Louise Calment of France, who was born on Feb. 21, 1875. She died in a nursing home in Arles, France, on August 4, 1997, at the age of 122 years and 164 days.

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  • World’s Oldest Man Has Died in NY

    World’s Oldest Man Has Died in NY

    Salustiano Sanchez-Blazquez, the world’s oldest man, has died at age 112. He had been a resident of a Grand Island, N.Y. nursing home since 2007.

    Affectionately known as “Shorty”, Sanchez-Blazquez was born June 8, 1901 in El Tejado de Bejar, a small village province of Salamanca, Spain. Throughout his adolescent life, Sanchez-Blazquez developed a fervent admiration for music, and was also a self-taught musician. He was known for his musicianship playing the dulzaina, a Spanish double reed oboe. He’d used his skills playing the dulzaina as a source of income throughout his teenage years, performing for weddings and other celebrations around his village. He relocated to Cuba to work in numerous sugarcane fields at age 17.

    By 1920, he immigrated to the United States to work in the Lynch, KY coal mines. Eventually, he settled in the Niagara Falls area of New York where he went on to marry his wife, Pearl, in 1934.  He spent the majority of his adult life working diligently as a coal miner by trade.

    Guinness World Records’ consultant Robert Young stated that Sanchez-Blazquez became the world’s oldest man three months ago in June when Jiroemon Kimura passed away at age 116. Young went on to say that Sanchez-Blazquez was a gin rummy enthusiast, which was one of his favorite hobbies. He played nearly every evening. He also enjoyed solving crossword puzzles and gardening. Sanchez-Blazquez handled the announcement of the record setting feat with docile ease saying, “living so long was not a special accomplishment.” He simply accredited his longevity to one banana a day and Anacin aspirin daily.

    According to CBS New York, Sanchez-Blazquez is survived by his 76-year-old son named John, 69-year-old daughter, Irene, seven grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren, and five great-great-grandchildren.

    John Colucci, spokesperson for M.J. Colucci and Son Funeral Chapels stated that the service will be private, and that Sanchez-Blazquez’s interment will be at Gate of Heaven cemetery located in Lewiston, N.Y.

     

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  • Anacin Tablets Responsible For Long Life?

    Anacin Tablets Responsible For Long Life?

    A New York man says that six daily Anacin tablets and a banana have been the secret to his super-long life.

    112-year old Salustiano Sanchez-Blazquez is now the world’s oldest man after Jiroemon Kimura died in June at the age of 116. A vast majority of people who live to be 100 years old or more are women–90%, in fact–and Sanchez-Blazquez is the only male alive to have been born in 1901.

    Born in the village of El Tejado de Bejar, Spain, Salustiano was a self-taught musician from an early age and eventually moved to Cuba before settling in the U.S. He lived in Lynch, Kentucky for several years and worked as a coal miner there before settling in the Niagra Falls area of New York to work in construction.

    Salustiano married in 1934, and after his wife Pearl died in 1988, he lived with his daughter Irene for a while before moving to an elderly care facility in 2007. Besides his daughter–who is 69–he also has a 76-year-old son, John, seven grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.

    It seems we’ve heard many stories of people living extremely long lives in recent years; the oldest authenticated person in the world was Jeanne Louise Calment of France, who died at the age of 122 years and 164 days. Before Jiroemon Kimura died, the world’s oldest person was Besse Cooper, who died last December at the age of 116.

  • World’s Oldest Living Man Just Turned 115

    There are people who would pay a lot of money for the secret to longevity (more than a few of them reside in Hollywood, no doubt); it is merely a dream for most of us to live past seventy and still have our wits about us.

    But Jiroemon Kimura, a farmer from Kyoto, says the secret is simple: eat small portions. Perhaps there’s something to that, since Kimura just turned 115 years old yesterday.

    Kimura credits his eating habits as a contributing factor to reaching such a milestone birthday, and scientists do believe that certain foods–and the way we eat them–can help us prolong life by keeping us disease-free and restoring our anti-oxidant level. According to Diseaseproof.com, the seven best foods for ensuring a long life are black raspberries, strawberries, blueberries, flax Seeds, green leafy vegetables, tomatoes, and broccoli sprouts. The list of foods to stay away from includes butter, french fries, doughnuts, and sausage.

    Kimura is not only the oldest living person in the world, he’s also been verified as the third-oldest in history. When he received the news, he said he was “delighted beyond words“.

    He also added, when asked about the reason for his extraordinarily long life, “I don’t know exactly…maybe it’s all thanks to the sun above me. I am always looking up towards the sky, that is how I am.”