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World's Oldest Man Dies in Montana at 114

GREAT FALLS, Mont. -- Walter Breuning's earliest memories stretched back 111 years, before home entertainment came with a twist of the radio dial. They were of his grandfather's tales of killing Southerners in the Civil War. Breuning was 3 and horrified: "I thought that was a hell of a thing to say." But the stories...

World's Oldest Person Dies at 114 -- or Was It 115?

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A Texas woman believed to be the world's oldest person died today at the official age of 114, although she had maintained she was actually 115. Eunice Sanborn died at 6 a.m. at her home in Jacksonville, her close friend and caretaker, David French, told the Jacksonville Daily Progress. Jacksonville Daily Progress...

World's Oldest Man Celebrates 114th Birthday

GREAT FALLS, Mont. (Sept. 21) -- A Montana resident believed to be the world's oldest man celebrated his 114th birthday Tuesday at a retirement home in Great Falls. Larry Beckner, Great Falls Tribune / AP Walter Breuning, shown here in 2008, plans to attend an invitation-only birthday party on Tuesday, his 114th...

Scientists Identify Genes For 'Extreme Longevity'

(July 1) -- One hundred-year-old Lorna Gobey credits Guinness, cigarettes and a good game of bingo for her remarkable longevity, while Walter Breuning, still robust at 113 years, relies on a daily combination of two meals, a single aspirin and one long walk. The long lifespans of the Okinawa people, meanwhile, seem to...

Background on Walter Breuning

Walter Breuning (September 21, 1896 – April 14, 2011) was an American supercentenarian. He was the last known surviving man who was born in 1896. Breuning is the oldest undisputed American-born man on record.

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