World's Oldest Man Masazo Nonaka From Japan Dies Due To Natural Causes At The Age Of 113
Masazo Nonaka died peacefully at the age of 113 at his home - hot springs inn. His family said that he died of natural causes in the early hours of Sunday while he was asleep. He has also outlived his wife and three of his five children &ldquo.
The world¡¯s oldest man, Masazo Nonaka died at the age of 113, peacefully at his home - hot springs inn. His family said that he died of natural causes in the early hours of Sunday while he was asleep.
Hailing from Japan¡¯s northern main island of Hokkaido, Nonaka grew up in a large family and forced his parents to run the inn - in which he died - which is now operated by his granddaughter.
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He has also outlived his wife and three of his five children. ¡°We feel shocked at the loss of this big figure. He was, as usual, yesterday and passed away without causing our family any fuss at all,¡± his granddaughter, Yuko, told Kyodo News.
Nonaka was born in July 1905, according to Guinness World Records (Just FYI - Albert Einstein posted his special theory of relativity just months before Nonaka was born). He got married in 1931 and had five children.
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Japan has one of the world¡¯s highest life expectancies and is home to several people who are among the oldest humans to have lived. This includes Jiroemon Kimura, the longest-living man on record, who died in June 2013 at the age of 116.
