Jiroemon Kimura, the last 19th century born man; world's oldest person (116), dies
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[quote]Japanese man had become oldest in world on 17 December 2012 upon the death of a 115-year-old woman from Iowa. Kimura was born in 1897, the same year as aviator Amelia Earhart and the year Queen Victoria marked her diamond jubilee. He is survived by seven children, 14 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren, and 15 great-great-grandchildren[/quote]
[url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2013/jun/12/worlds-oldest-man-dies-video]Source w/ video[/url]
Welp.
The things this guy has probably seen and lived through...
[QUOTE=The Rifleman;41008851]The things this guy has probably seen and lived through...[/QUOTE]
the 20th century
[QUOTE=NixNax123;41008867]the 20th century[/QUOTE]
It's wild to imagine someone living through the entirety of the 20th century.
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Tokyo 1901
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Modern Tokyo
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Tokyo 1901
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Modern Tokyo[/QUOTE]
Holy shit.
He's seen small cities grow to massive metropoli. He lived during the two greatest wars to ever sunder the Earth. He's likely been through Hell and back.
God, imagine the stories he could have told. It's a shame to hear this, but I'm sure he lived a rich, fulfilling life, and passed on in peace.
Haven't watched the video yet, but I would never want to live that long. Most people start barely functioning before 100, I can only imagine how horrible it must have been to live 16 years past 100. Not just that, but everyone you knew would be long dead.
I honestly don't want to live past 95 if I start going senile. Although it seems uncommon in my family, so who knows what will happen.
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Modern Tokyo[/QUOTE]
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Pretty much everything pictured is younger than he is.
Must feel lonely when a lot of people you know and loved died and you're still living long after their deaths
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