John Tinniswood has been recognized as the World’s new oldest man by the Guinness World Records following the death of Juan Vicente Perez Mora, a Venezuelan who has holding the title with 114 years but has passed away this week.
Born in 1912 in Merseyside, Northern England, John Tinniswood is a retired accountant and a former postal service worker clocks in at 111 years and 222 days. However, he believes that there is no secret to long life and that he is just lucky to have lived this long.
According to the Guinness World Records, the oldest man ever was Japan’s Jiroemon Kimura, who lived to 116 years and 54 days and the oldest living woman and oldest living person overall is Spain’s Maria Branyas Morera, aged 117.