World's oldest man is a 112-year-old former farmer

6 Jul 2021

World’s oldest man is a 112-year-old former farmer

World’s oldest man is a 112-year-old former farmerGuinness World Records has officially announced that a man named Emilio Flores Marquez is the world's oldest man. Marquez is 112 years old, about to be 113.

Marquez is a former sugar cane farmer living in Puerto Rico, US. He was born on 8 August 1908. He belonged to a family of 11 children and worked on his father's sugar cane farm as a young boy.

After he grew up, Marquez married his wife Andrea Perez and they had 4 children. His wife passed away in 2010 after being together for 75 years. They also have five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Now, in his old age, Marquez cannot hear very well and has some heart problems. But otherwise, he is still strong and in good health. People call him by the nickname "Don Millo" and he says that his key to a happy life is "to have an abundance of love and to live life without anger".

The previous world's oldest man was Dumitru Comănescu from Romania. He died in June 2020 at the age of 111 years and 219 days.
Oldest living person
The oldest woman and also the oldest living person on Earth is 118-year-old Kane Takana. She lives in Fukuoka, Japan.

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