Francisco Núñez Olivera
Francisco Núñez Olivera (13 December 1904 – 29 January 2018[1]),[2] age 113 years, 47 days, for a brief time was recognized as the oldest man in the world.[3][4] He was born at Extremadura, and joined the army at 19 to fight in the Rif War.[2][5]
Núñez Olivera had his kidney removed when he was 90 and a cataract operation aged 98,[5] and is a veteran of the Spanish Civil War. He was nicknamed "Marchena" after Pepe Marchena, due to his resemblance to the singer.[2][3] With the death of Israeli supercentenarian Yisrael Kristal on 11 August 2017,[6] Núñez became the world's oldest living man. He died on 29 January 2018.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Muere a los 113 años Francisco Núñez Olivera, el hombre más longevo del mundo". (in Spanish)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "El hombre más longevo de España: 'Se me ha hecho la vida demasiado larga'". (in Spanish)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Francisco Núñez Olivera cumple hoy 112 años (in Spanish)
- ↑ Noticias de Extremadura: El hombre más viejo de España; uno entre 1.000 millones. Noticias de Sociedad (in Spanish)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "This 111-year-old Spaniard is world's oldest man… or is he?". 25 January 2016.
- ↑ "World’s oldest man, an Israeli Holocaust survivor, dies at 113". Times of Israel. 11 August 2017. http://www.timesofisrael.com/worlds-oldest-man-an-israeli-holocaust-survivor-dies-at-113/.
| Preceded by Yisrael Kristal |
Oldest living man in the world August 11, 2017 – January 29, 2018 |
Succeeded by Masazō Nonaka |