The oldest man in the world, the British John Tinniswood, He died at 112 years old‘World Guinness Records’ has announced in a statement on its website. In the note, they begin by pointing out that they are “sad” with the news. “Our thoughts are with his family at this time,” they add.
Tinniswood, born in Liverpool in August 1912died this Monday, November 25, at his home in Southport, United Kingdom, where he lived, the organization noted. “His last day was surrounded by music and love,” the family told ‘Guinness’. The old man was the fourth oldest British man in history.
“Always grateful”, Tinniswood grew up in his native Liverpoolwhere he also met Blodwen, his wife. They married in 1942 and a year later, in 1943, Susan, their first daughter, was born. The marriage between John and Blodwen lasted 44 years, until she died in 1986.
The old man he has survived his daughterfour of his grandchildren and three of his great-grandchildren. His family describes him as a person “with many qualities”: “Intelligent, determined, brave and calm in any crisis. Also talented in mathematics and a great conversationalist,” says ‘Guinness’.
John worked in accounting for Shell and BP and He retired in 1972, aged 60.. During the Second World War, he served in the Royal Army Pay Corps, the corps responsible for managing finances and organizing food supplies, as well as finding missing soldiers.
Since turning 100, Tinniswood He received a letter from Queen Elizabeth II on every birthdaywhich was almost three decades older. This tradition lasted for a decade, until the Monarch passed away.
In April 2024, the Briton received the title of the oldest man in the world. So I was 111 years old and the Venezuelan Juan Vicente Pérez, 114, had just died. According to ‘Guinness’, John, who is described as an “always modest” person, stated that there was no secret to reaching that age, just luck. “You can live long or little and you can’t do much about it.”
In the statement from ‘World Guinness Records’ they provide that the man kept his brain always active and that, in fact, he informed himself every day, just as he himself controlled his savings and his expenses. In addition, he did not follow any specific diet and ate a portion of breaded fish with potatoes every day. His “key” advice, the note adds, was to “practice moderation”, that is, not to do “neither much nor little” of anything, whether eating, drinking or walking. “If you do too much of something, you can suffer,” the note quotes him.
In sports, He was a Liverpool fan.a club that was only 20 years old when the man was born. It has seen him win 17 leagues and eight FAs.
When the Guinness World Records organization asked him if he had noticed many changes in the world, the old man highlighted “modern travel.” especially by plane. «But I can’t think of anything else that has made the world much more different. “It’s just my opinion,” he told them.
To the young people, he advised “always do your best, whether you are learning something or teaching.” The world’s oldest man in history was the Japanese Jiroemon Kimura, born in 1897, who died in 2013 at the age of 116.
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