Emilio Marquez Sets Guinness World Record as Oldest Living Man – LitKenya

The Guinness World Records has announced Puerto Rico’s Emilio Flores Marquez as the world’s oldest person living (male) with a confirmed age of 112 years and 326 days.

Marquez, a former sugar cane farmer was born on August 8, 1908 in Carolina, Puerto Rico. He is the second-oldest of 11 children born to Alberto Flores Melendez and Margarita Marquez-Garcia.

In a statement, Guinness World Records noted that Marquez was married to Andrea Perez for 75 years until her death in 2010. The couple had four children of which two are still alive.

He also has five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Marquez received his official Guinness World Records title certificate in his home, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico.

“It’s always an honour to celebrate these remarkable human beings, and this year we’ve processed applications from not one but two contenders for the title of Oldest living man. I am thrilled to feature Sr. Marquez – born, interestingly, on the 8th day of the 8th month in the 8th year of the 20th century! – and bring his fascinating story to the wider public. But alongside this, I am also pleased that we got the chance to pay our respects to Dumitru Comănescu, who briefly held the record but sadly passed before we went to press,” Craig Glenday, Editor-in-Chief at Guinness World Records said in a statement.

According to the Guinness World Records, the previous oldest living man was a Roman, Dumitru Comanescu who was born on November 1908.

He held the record for less than one month before his passing on 27th June, 2020, at the age of 111 years 219 days. Following his passing, Guinness World Records then received evidence in support of Emilio, who was born three months earlier than Dumitru.

The oldest person living (female) is Kane Tanaka from Japan, she was born on 2nd January 1903. Her record was confirmed at the age of 117 years and 41 days on 12 February 2020. She is now aged 118 years and lives in Fukuoka, Japan.

The oldest person ever to have lived is Jeanne Calment (France), who lived to be 122 years and 164 days. The oldest man ever is Jiroemon Kimura (Japan), who was born on 19th April 1897 and passed away at the age of 116 years and 54 days on 12th June 2013.

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