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He was also the oldest living man in the United States, following the death of then 111-year-old Antonio Pierro on February 8, 2007. Francis was from New Orleans , Louisiana, but after 1949 lived in Sacramento, California , where a local newspaper published a poem that Francis enjoyed reciting to friends and the public throughout his life. [ 65 ]
Charlie Smith (died October 5, 1979) [1] was an American longevity claimant noted for claiming to be the oldest person in the United States at the time of his death on October 5, 1979, at age 137. Bone age tests after his death in 1979 revealed that Smith was between 99–105 years old when he died. [2]
Tomiko Itooka (born 23 May 1908) of Japan is the world's oldest living person whose age has been validated. [2] João Marinho Neto (born 5 October 1912) of Brazil is the world's oldest living man whose age has been validated. [2]
Government official, 59th United States Secretary of the Navy [72] Jang Bahadur Singh: M: December 10, 1920: 104 years, 14 days: Indian: Folk singer and wrestler [73] Franca Pilla: F: December 19, 1920: 104 years, 5 days: Italian: First Lady of Italy; widow of President of Italy, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi [74] Iris Cummings: F: December 21, 1920: ...
The oldest male in the United States was a man of many appetites, even at 110, and his live-in caretaker did her best to feed them. Rosario Reyes would make banana pancakes for Morrie Markoff, and ...
Naomi Whitehead (née Washington; born September 26, 1910) is an American supercentenarian who has been the oldest living person in the United States since the death of Elizabeth Francis on October 22, 2024. [1]
Houston, Texas resident Elizabeth Francis, who was the oldest known living person in America, died on Tuesday, Oct. 22, at age 115. At the time of her death, the supercentenarian was the third ...
Markoff became the oldest known active blogger on March 24, 2022, upon the death of 109-year-old Dagny Carlsson of Sweden, and became the oldest verified living man in the United States following the death of 110-year-old Horace Baumer on December 30, 2023.