Nonaka, World’s Oldest Man, Dies At the Age of 113 [Photo]
Nonaka, World’s Oldest Man, Dies At the Age of 113 [Photo]
A man who holds the world record as the oldest man has died at the age of 113 in Japan.
“World’s oldest man” Masazo Nonaka, who was born just two years after the Wright brothers launched humanity’s first powered flight, died on Sunday aged 113, Japanese media said.
Nonaka was born in July 1905, according to Guinness World Records — just months before Albert Einstein published his special theory of relativity.
Guinness officially recognised Nonaka as the oldest living man after the death of Spaniard Francisco Nunez Olivera last year.
“We feel shocked at the loss of this big figure. He was as usual yesterday and passed away without causing our family any fuss at all,” his granddaughter Yuko told Kyodo News.
Nonaka had six bro...