The man died at the Hollis Care Home in northwest England. Earlier this year, Guinness World Records awarded him the world’s oldest man.
John Alfred Tinniswoodthe British considered the oldest man in the world until now, They died at the age of 112 this Monday in a nursing home in Southport, northwest England, as reported by the organization Guinness World Records (GWR).
“On his last day he was surrounded by music and of love“Tinniswood’s family wrote in a statement published this Tuesday, and they also expressed their love and gratitude to the residence team. Hollis Care Home.
Regarding the secret that he answered every time he was asked about how he reached that age, his answer was very simple: “pure luck“. The old man stated in GWR that “or you live long or you live littleand you can’t do much about it.”
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In 2020 managed to become the older man of the United Kingdom and in April of this year, the oldest man in the world after the death of Venezuelan Juan Vicente Pérez, according to the Guinness Book of Records.
Who was John Alfred Tinniswood
He British was born on August 26, 1912 in Liverpool. “He was intelligent, determined, brave, calm in the face of any crisis, talented in mathematics and a great conversationalist“, commented the family about Tinniswood and added that he was a faithful follower of the soccer and of Liverpool F.C.
In 1942the old man married his wife Blodwenand a year later she had her first and only daughter, Susan. In 1986, Tinniswood widowed and currently his family continues with four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
In his long years of life, he participated in the Second World War in logistics and accounting tasks, later worked at the postal company Royal Mail and as an accountant in the oil companies Shell and B.P.until your retirement in 1972.
He Hollis Care Home received it in 2012 and at the same time, he began to receive greetings cards annual payments from the British family, first from the late queen elizabeth and most recent king Charles III.
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