This happened a week ago, and I meant to post a blog about it then, but didn’t get to it. So am doing it now. Better late than never… The following teaser is from an article by Hannah Dreyfus that was posted in the September 15, 2013 edition of Parade.com
Salustiano Sanchez Blazquez of Grand Island, New York, died on Friday at age 112. He had been named the world’s oldest man by the Guinness World Records after his birthday in June. He passed away quietly at a nursing home in Grand Island according to Robert Young, senior gerontology consultant with Guinness World Records.
The super-centenarian stepped into the title when his predecessor, Jiroemon Kimura of Japan, died on June 12 at age 116….
