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World's Oldest Man Passes Away

The world’s oldest man, Spaniard Saturnino de la Fuente Garcia. Photo: The Guinness World Records
The world’s oldest man, Spaniard Saturnino de la Fuente Garcia. Photo: The Guinness World Records
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World's Oldest Man Passes Away

The world’s oldest man, Spaniard Saturnino de la Fuente Garcia. Photo: The Guinness World Records
The world’s oldest man, Spaniard Saturnino de la Fuente Garcia. Photo: The Guinness World Records

The world’s oldest man, Spaniard Saturnino de la Fuente Garcia, has died at the age of 112 years and 341 days, the Guinness World Records said Wednesday.

He had been declared the oldest living man in the world when he turned 112 years and 211 days old, the London-based organization said, and had been due to celebrate his 113th birthday next month.

Owing to his diminutive stature, the 1.5 meter tall Spaniard, who was born in Ponte Castro, Leon, on February 11 1909, avoided being drafted to fight in the 1936 Spanish Civil War and instead ran a successful shoe business.

He had seven children, 14 grandchildren and 22 great grandchildren.

According to the Guinness website, the oldest person ever recorded was France’s Jeanne Louise Calment who died in 1997 at the age of 122 years and 164 days, having been born in February 1875.

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A Little egret looks for food in the water on near Starbase, Texas, formally known as Boca Chica Village, on May 28, 2025. There are (Photo by SERGIO FLORES / AFP)
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Australian researchers used GPS to follow eight plumed egrets and 10 great egrets over a period of months, after the birds left the Macquarie Marshes in New South Wales, AFP reported.

Great egrets were found to disperse in all directions, said the scientists from Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization.

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It was the first time scientists had recorded the plumed egrets' migration.

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