IS 121-YEAR-OLD CHILEAN MAN THE REAL OLDEST PERSON IN THE WORLD?

[Judi Lynn]

BY HARRIET SINCLAIR ON 11/6/17 AT 9:15 PM

The world's oldest person may have been discovered in Chile—beating the current Guinness World Record holder by four years if his identity card rings true.

Celino Villanueva Jaramillo, known as Don Celino, is 121 years old. His I.D. card states he was born in 1896, likely making him the oldest man alive.

He was born in Río Bueno, south of the city of Valdivia, and spent more than 30 years working as a farm hand, before moving to Mehuin on the Pacific Coast and growing and selling vegetables after he was sacked from his farm job on his 80th birthday.

The former farm laborer, who never married, lost all of his possessions—including his passport—in a house fire when he was 99 years old. But the Chilean Office of Statistics has confirmed his date of birth.

More:
http://www.newsweek.com/121-year-old-chilean-man-real-oldest-person-world-703592?piano_t=1

[Bayard]

1. Good genetics

Because it certainly doesn't sound like he had an easy life.

[Judi Lynn]

2. Isn't that the truth? Hoping warmth and kindness will surround him in this stage of his life. n/t