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Henry William Allingham (6 June 1896 – 18 July 2009) was a British
supercentenarian, the oldest British man ever, First World War veteran and, for one month, the
verified oldest living man in the world. He is also the second-oldest military veteran ever, and at the time of his death, he was the 12th-
verified oldest man of all time."
Allingham credited "cigarettes, whisky and wild, wild women – and a good sense of humour" for his longevity.
Allingham overtook George Frederick Ives as the longest lived member of the British Armed Forces on 1 November 2007. He was therefore the longest lived British First World War veteran to date.
Following the death of Tomoji Tanabe on 19 June 2009, Allingham became the oldest living man. At his death, he was the oldest living veteran of the First World War, but not the longest lived member of any armed force in any conflict; this record is held by Emiliano Mercado del Toro of Puerto Rico, who also served in the First World War.
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I am not sure about the cigarettes, but the whisky and women sounds like it would work for most guys.
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Why is it always crazy shit like cigarettes, booze, or a "pound of chocolate a week" that they say made them live this long? It's like they're so proud of their records that they're willing to try and get everyone else to die young so they can keep it.
Don't be surprised when you're the oldest person on earth. Everybody is, just in a declining number of universes.
Cosmology to the rescue.
Who was the world's oldest person for the world's longest time?......Andrew Jackson looked like the world 's oldest man in that photo Trooper posted, but, in today's world, he was barely past middle age.
My only question is, did he have shitty teeth like the rest of the british?
My only question is, did he have shitty teeth like the rest of the british?
The teeth were fine, the jar he kept them in was cracked and yellowed.
I've read somewhere that there is a person(s) alive now who will live to be 200.
That means 140 years of bad knees ,creeping dementia ,liver spots the size of watermelons and if a man,super erectile dysfunction. They will of course be living in the retirement village of the damned.
ampersand said...
My only question is, did he have shitty teeth like the rest of the british?
The teeth were fine, the jar he kept them in was cracked and yellowed.
I've read somewhere that there is a person(s) alive now who will live to be 200.
That means 140 years of bad knees ,creeping dementia ,liver spots the size of watermelons and if a man,super erectile dysfunction. They will of course be living in the retirement village of the damned.
Here is a question. If left alone, how long will zombies live. We never get to see how long a zombie will live because they just end up getting brained.
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