Oldest American Man Dies
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BECKY! I hope you're having a good time in Bible college, and that you have a great day today! :)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JENNIFER! It was cool when my sister would have you over.. hope you have a fun day! :)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, QUAN.. I like seeing you around church.. yes, you can ask me for gum / chocolate / candy. Have an awesome day! :)
This was very interesting to me when I got it in my email just now; I've been interested in the world's oldest people and so forth for a long time. You gotta admit, it IS kind of fun to marvel at what these people have lived through in their very long lifetimes..
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OLDEST AMERICAN MAN DIES
The oldest living American man, John McMorran, 113, has died of heart failure, the Lakeland, Fla., Ledger reports.
McMorran, who considered coffee his elixir and quit cigars at the tender age of 97, was born June 19, 1889, in a log cabin in Michigan.
"He was a very hard-working man, and very kind," McMorran's grandson, Bob McMorran, 59, told the paper.
For a time in 2002, he was America's oldest living person; but researchers then confirmed Mary Christian of San Pablo, Calif., was born June 12, 1889, according to the Gerontology Research Group. The world's oldest is 115-year-old Kamato Hongo (born Sept. 16, 1887) of Japan.
The son of farmers, McMorran held a variety of jobs until his retirement at 84, the paper noted.
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Definitely interesting stuff.. like when Jeanne Louise Calment (of France) died at the age of 122 years, 164 days. (born Feb. 21, 1875 and died Aug. 4, 1997) She met Vincent Van Gogh in her father's shop once, though the memory was clouded by the fact that he was scruffy and smelled of alcohol. (there's a whole page on her life in the 1996 Guinness Book of World Records) The oldest man to ever live was Shigechiyo Izumi (of Isen on Tokunoshima, an island 820 miles southwest of Japan).. he lived 120 years and 237 days. (born on June 29, 1865 and died on Feb. 21, 1986) He took up smoking at the age of 70, and worked till he was 105.
Goodness, but these stories are interesting.. and yes, I do have various editions (1996, 1999, 2001-3) of the Guinness Book of World Records here in this room. You don't even have to ask. ;) And yes.. I could expound for a LONG time on the records involving large families, multiples, and so forth.. but I don't feel like it. Go get yourselves the books instead. :P
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JENNIFER! It was cool when my sister would have you over.. hope you have a fun day! :)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, QUAN.. I like seeing you around church.. yes, you can ask me for gum / chocolate / candy. Have an awesome day! :)
This was very interesting to me when I got it in my email just now; I've been interested in the world's oldest people and so forth for a long time. You gotta admit, it IS kind of fun to marvel at what these people have lived through in their very long lifetimes..
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OLDEST AMERICAN MAN DIES
The oldest living American man, John McMorran, 113, has died of heart failure, the Lakeland, Fla., Ledger reports.
McMorran, who considered coffee his elixir and quit cigars at the tender age of 97, was born June 19, 1889, in a log cabin in Michigan.
"He was a very hard-working man, and very kind," McMorran's grandson, Bob McMorran, 59, told the paper.
For a time in 2002, he was America's oldest living person; but researchers then confirmed Mary Christian of San Pablo, Calif., was born June 12, 1889, according to the Gerontology Research Group. The world's oldest is 115-year-old Kamato Hongo (born Sept. 16, 1887) of Japan.
The son of farmers, McMorran held a variety of jobs until his retirement at 84, the paper noted.
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Definitely interesting stuff.. like when Jeanne Louise Calment (of France) died at the age of 122 years, 164 days. (born Feb. 21, 1875 and died Aug. 4, 1997) She met Vincent Van Gogh in her father's shop once, though the memory was clouded by the fact that he was scruffy and smelled of alcohol. (there's a whole page on her life in the 1996 Guinness Book of World Records) The oldest man to ever live was Shigechiyo Izumi (of Isen on Tokunoshima, an island 820 miles southwest of Japan).. he lived 120 years and 237 days. (born on June 29, 1865 and died on Feb. 21, 1986) He took up smoking at the age of 70, and worked till he was 105.
Goodness, but these stories are interesting.. and yes, I do have various editions (1996, 1999, 2001-3) of the Guinness Book of World Records here in this room. You don't even have to ask. ;) And yes.. I could expound for a LONG time on the records involving large families, multiples, and so forth.. but I don't feel like it. Go get yourselves the books instead. :P
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