World’s oldest man, Juan Vicente Perez, dies aged 114 | World Information

The world’s oldest man has died on the age of 114, slightly below two months earlier than his a hundred and fifteenth birthday.

Juan Vicente Perez, from Venezuela, was confirmed to be the world’s oldest residing man by Guinness World Information when he was aged 112 years and 253 days as of 4 February 2022.

He attributed his longevity to “working exhausting, resting on holidays, going to mattress early, consuming a glass of aguardiente [a strong liquor] daily, loving God, and at all times carrying him in his coronary heart”.

Born on 27 Might 1909, Mr Perez was married to Ediofina del Rosario Garcia for 60 years till she died in 1997.

Collectively that they had 11 kids – six sons and 5 daughters – and later had 42 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren and 12 great-great-grandchildren.

He celebrated his one hundred and tenth birthday in 2019, turning into the primary male supercentenarian from Venezuela.

Mr Perez had lived by means of two World Wars and the COVID pandemic.

Freddy Bernal, the governor of Tachira, Venezuela, the place Mr Perez lived, wrote on X: “Our expensive Juan Vicente Perez Mora, at present with deep disappointment and ache we are saying goodbye to you, to that archetype of a person from Tachira, humble, hard-working, peaceable, obsessed with household and custom.”

He added: “My previous Don Vicente, we’ll at all times bear in mind him for his optimism in life, for religion, hope and that deep love for our state of Tachira.

“He’ll at all times be a logo of goodness, knowledge and pleasure, which is why his legacy will stay perpetually in our hearts and in our lives. Relaxation in peace my expensive previous man, my Don Juan Vicente. We’ll always remember you.”

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President Nicholas Maduro tweeted: “Juan Vicente Perez Mora has transcended into eternity at 114 years previous, from the city of El Cobre he gave Venezuela the Guinness File for being the oldest man on the earth.

“I ship my hug and condolences to his household and to all of the individuals of El Cobre, Tachira state. Might God obtain him in his holy glory!”

The world’s subsequent oldest residing man is anticipated to be Gisaburo Sonobe of Japan, who’s aged 112, pending affirmation from his household, Guinness World Information mentioned.