The old man on the Earth, Japanese Дзироэмон Kimura died Wednesday at the age of 116 years. This is reported by local media. Дзироэмон Kimura from the end of last year due to ailments twice found himself in the hospital, he was discharged on 7 April. On the day of his 116 birthday — April 19 — Kimura received a certificate from the Guinness Book of records, and the Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent him a video greeting. Дзироэмон Kimura was awarded the status of the world\’s oldest person in December 2012 when died American Beth Cooper. Also, according to the researchers Kimura was and the man with the longest life expectancy, whose date of birth has been accurately recorded in official documents. Let\’s add, the survivor lived in the Japanese city of Кетанго (Kyoto Prefecture), with 7 children, 14 grandchildren, great-grandchildren 25 and 13 праправнуков.
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