LAGOS,Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) –Venezuelan Juan Vicente Perez Mora, who was certified in 2022 by Guinness World Records as the oldest man in the world, died on Tuesday at the age of 114.
“Juan Vicente Perez Mora has transcended into eternity at 114 years of age,” Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on social media platform X.
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“Guinness officially confirmed Perez as the world’s oldest man alive on February 4, 2022, when he was 112 years and 253 days old.
“A father of 11, as of 2022 he had 41 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren and 12 great-great-grandchildren.
“He was a renowned farmer, and also the ninth child among a family of ten siblings, hailing from humble beginnings.
“At the age of five years old, he started working with his dad and brothers in agriculture and assisted with sugar cane and coffee harvesting,” a Guinness statement from 2022 said.