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Gustav Gerneth

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Gustav Gerneth
Born(1905-10-15)15 October 1905 (age 119 years, 21 days)
Stettin, German Empire (now Szczecin, Poland)
💼 Occupation
👩 Spouse(s)Charlotte Grubert (m.1930–1988)

Gustav Gerneth (born 15 October 1905) is, at age 119 years, 21 days, the world's oldest living man since the death of Japanese Masazō Nonaka on 19 January 2019.[lower-alpha 1][1][2][3]

Life[edit]

Gustav Gerneth was born in Stettin (now known as Szczecin), German Empire (now a part of Poland).[4] He worked in a shipping company and at a gas plant. During World War II, he was a mechanic with the German air force (Luftwaffe ).[citation needed] He married his wife Charlotte Grubert in 1930 (died in 1988) and the couple had three sons.

Gerneth has lived in Havelberg in Saxony-Anhalt for over forty years, and continues to do so on his own, with family members caring for his household.[4][5] According to a statement by his granddaughter at his 113th birthday, he still has a lucid mind, watching football, solving crosswords and doing mental arithmetic.[6]

Asked for the reason of his long life, he said: "I have always been living and eating well. No diet. Always butter, never margarine. I have not touched any cigarette all my life and I drank alcohol only at celebrations."[7]

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Notes[edit]

  1. Masazō Nonaka died on 20 January 2019 at 1:30am (JST). However, in Germany where Gerneth lives, the date was still 19 January 2019.

References[edit]

  1. "Germany's oldest man 113 years old". Welt.de.
  2. "World's oldest man dies in Japan, aged 113". Telegraph.
  3. "113 years oldest man in the world dead - successor probably comes from Saxony-Anhalt". Berliner.
  4. 4.0 4.1 "Deutschlands wohl ältester Mann feiert 112. Geburtstag". wn.de. 15 October 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2017
  5. Schröder, Andrea. "Herr Gerneth steht mit 109 noch am Herd". www.volksstimme.de.
  6. Schröder, Andrea. "Ältester Deutscher feiert 113. Geburtstag". www.volksstimme.de.
  7. Andrea Schröder (2018-04-11). "Ältester Deutscher ist ein Havelberger".


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