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World's oldest man dies, aged 112

Salustiano Sanchez-Blazquez, a former musician and coal miner certified by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest man, has died at 112.

World's oldest man dies, aged 112

Sun, 15 Sep, 2013 - 13:31

Salustiano Sanchez-Blazquez, a former musician and coal miner certified by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest man, has died at 112.

Guinness consultant Robert Young said Mr Sanchez-Blazquez died at a nursing home in Grand Island, New York.

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