Masazo Nonaka enjoyed eating sweets and soaking in a hot spring. He was awarded the title of oldest man in April |
"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 brothers and one sister, marrying in 1931 and fathering five children.
He ran a
hot spring inn in his hometown and in retirement enjoyed watching sumo
wrestling on TV and eating sweets, according to local media.
Japan has
one of the world's highest life expectancies and was home to several people
recognised as among the oldest humans to have ever lived.
They
include Jiroemon Kimura, the longest-living man on record, who died soon after
his 116th birthday in June 2013.
The oldest
verified person ever -- Jeanne Louise Calment of France -- died in 1997 at the
age of 122, according to Guinness.
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