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hrmjustin

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Sun Sep 15, 2013, 12:49 PM Sep 2013

World's oldest man dies at 112 in upstate New York



Eyewitnesss News

GRAND ISLAND (WABC) -- An upstate New York man believed to be the world's oldest man has died at the age of 112.

Guiness World Records says Salus-Tiano Sanchez-Blasquez died at a nursing home in Grand Island.

He was born in Spain and came to the United States through Ellis Island in 1920.

He worked as a coal miner and a construction worker, and he credited a banana a day and six Anacin tablets for his longevity.

Read more at http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local/northern_suburbs&id=9249064
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World's oldest man dies at 112 in upstate New York (Original Post) hrmjustin Sep 2013 OP
Six Anacin tabs---I'd credit his having an incredibly strong stomach... hlthe2b Sep 2013 #1
The problem with being the oldest is your always replaced... Historic NY Sep 2013 #2
I'm not sure that I want to live that long gopiscrap Sep 2013 #3
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