World's oldest man died Tuesday at 112 in a hospital in Nagoya central Japan. Yasutaro Koide said the secret to long life was to "live with joy."
Telegraph UK reported that Koide was named the world's oldest man by the Guinness World Records in August 2015. He died of pneumonia and heart failure, just two months before his 113th birthday. He spent his last six years in Nagoya.
According to Daily Mail UK, Koide was born March 13, 1903. To understand how long ago the year of his birth is, imagine that in that year, the Wright brothers flew in Kitty Hawk for the first time. A year after that the Russo-Japanese War erupted. As a young man, he was a tailor. He has seven children, nine grandchildren, and a great grandchild.
Japan has one of the highest life expectancy in the world. Some 127 million of its population lived to be 65 years old and above.
Meanwhile, BBC wrote that the world's oldest person is an American woman named Susannah Mushatt Jones, who is currently 116 years old. Before her, Japanese woman Misao Okawa held the title of world's oldest person. Okawa lived to be 117 before she died last year. According to Guinness, the oldest recorded person who ever lived was Jeanne Calment. She lived to reach 122 years old and she died in 1997.
Susannah Mushatt Jones was born in 1899. She said she ate bacon and eggs everyday, which was her secret in living an exceptionally long life. Meanwhile, Koide said his secret for longevity was to avoid drinking and smoking. He said, "The best thing to do is avoid overwork and live with joy."
Another living centennial is Britain's oldest person, Gladys Hooper, who recently celebrated her 113th birthday. Her 85 year old son, Derek Heriston said he is very proud of his mother.
There are no official reports yet on who will succeed Koide as the oldest man in the world.
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