{"id":57069,"date":"2024-11-26T16:51:45","date_gmt":"2024-11-26T16:51:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=57069"},"modified":"2024-11-26T16:51:45","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T16:51:45","slug":"worlds-oldest-man-dies-at-112","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/11\/26\/worlds-oldest-man-dies-at-112\/","title":{"rendered":"World\u2019s Oldest Man Dies at 112"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Faith Adama<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>John Alfred Tinniswood, who held the title of the world\u2019s oldest man, has passed away peacefully at the age of 112.<\/p>\n<p>He died on Monday, November 25, 2024, at the Hollies Care Home in Southport, England, where he had resided in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>Guinness World Records confirmed his death in a statement released on Tuesday, offering condolences to his family.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Guinness World Records is saddened to learn of the death of John Tinniswood, who held the title of the world&#8217;s oldest man. He passed away peacefully on Monday, November 25, at his care home in Southport,&#8221; the statement read.<\/p>\n<p>Tinniswood\u2019s family also shared their grief, remembering his peaceful final moments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are deeply saddened to announce that John Alfred Tinniswood died peacefully on Monday, November 25, at the age of 112.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;His last day was surrounded by music and love. We extend our gratitude to all who cared for him, especially the staff at the Hollies Care Home and the many medical professionals who supported him,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n<p>Born on August 26, 1912, to Ada and John Bernard Tinniswood, John married his late wife Blodwen and had a daughter, Susan.<\/p>\n<p>A passionate supporter of Liverpool FC, John was recognized globally in April 2024 as the world\u2019s oldest living man after the passing of Juan Vicente P\u00e9rez Mora, who was 114.<\/p>\n<p>John is survived by his daughter, Susan, along with his grandchildren Annouchka, Marisa, Toby, and Rupert, and his great-grandchildren Tabitha, Callum, and Nieve.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Faith Adama John Alfred Tinniswood, who held the title of the world\u2019s oldest man, has passed away peacefully at the age of 112. He died on Monday, November 25, 2024, at the Hollies Care Home in Southport, England, where he had resided in recent years. Guinness World Records confirmed his death in a statement [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":57070,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57069"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57069\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57071,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57069\/revisions\/57071"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}