Guinness Global Information by means of Reuters
John Alfred Tinniswood, 111, poses along with his certificates from Guinness Global Information in Southport, England, on Thursday.
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At 111 years and 224 days outdated, John Alfred Tinniswood from England has formally claimed the name of global’s oldest residing guy.
Guinness Global Information made the announcement on Friday, two days after saying the loss of life of former name holder Juan Vicente Pérez on the age of 114, a month shy of his one hundred and fifteenth birthday.
“You both are living lengthy otherwise you are living brief, and you’ll be able to’t do a lot about it,” Tinniswood stated in an interview with Guinness wherein he was once introduced along with his certificates.
Whilst Tinniswood, who does now not smoke, hardly beverages and has fish and chips each and every Friday, stated the name of the game to longevity is “simply success,” he instructed on moderation in lifestyles: “For those who drink an excessive amount of otherwise you devour an excessive amount of otherwise you stroll an excessive amount of; in the event you do an excessive amount of of anything else, you’re going to endure in the end.”
Born within the northwestern English town of Liverpool on August 26, 1912, Tinniswood has lived via two global wars – in addition to the Nice Influenza and Covid-19 pandemics – and likewise holds the report for global’s oldest surviving male Global Warfare II veteran, consistent with Guinness. He was once born the similar yr the Titanic sank.
He’s a lifelong fan of Liverpool soccer membership, and has lived via all nineteen of his membership’s league name wins and all 8 of his membership’s FA cup wins.
The good-grandfather these days is living in a care house within the English seashore the town of Southport.
Care house supervisor Katie Howard instructed the BBC it was once an honor to maintain Tinniswood, an “wonderful person with such a lot of tales to inform,” who “enjoys studying the paper and being attentive to the radio.”
The sector’s oldest residing girl is 117-year-old Maria Branyas Morera and lives in Spain.
