LONDON, May 29 — The world's oldest man, according to the Guinness World Records, has died from cancer in Britain at the age of 112, his family confirmed yesterday. Bob Weighton, a former teacher and engineer from the central English county Hampshire, died “peacefully” in his sleep at home...
Image of Bob Weighton from the YouTube video 'World's Oldest Man is 112-year-old Englishman — Guinness World Records'
Bob Weighton, a former teacher and engineer from the central English county Hampshire, died “peacefully” in his sleep at home yesterday morning, they said. “With great sadness, the Weighton family announces the death of our beloved Bob Weighton,” relatives said in a statement to Britain's domestic Press Association newswire.
“He had many, many friendships and read and talked politics, theology, ecology and more, right up until his death.The family said they were grateful that Weighton had remained witty, kind, knowledgeable and a conversationalist “until the very end.”He is survived by his three children, 10 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren.
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