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Culture

World's Oldest Man Dies at 116

Of natural causes

Reason Staff | 6.12.2013 2:00 PM

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A Japanese man recognised as the world's oldest living person, and the oldest man recorded in history, has died aged 116, local officials say.

Jiroemon Kimura died of natural causes on Wednesday in a hospital in Kyotango, Kyoto, a government statement said.

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