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John Evans (supercentenarian)
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John Evans (19 August 1877 - 10 June 1990) of Fforestfach, Swansea, was the longest-lived man from the United Kingdom whose date of birth could be authenticated; he held this record from 27 May 1989 until 29 March 2009, when Henry Allingham broke it. Evans was also the oldest recognized living man at the time of his death, aged 112 years, 295 days, and is the oldest ever Welsh-born person. Biography Evans worked as a coal miner in his youth. In March 1986, at 108 years of age, Evans was the oldest person to be fitted with a pacemaker, from which he made a quick recovery. Evans repeatedly attributed his longevity to abstinence from smoking, drinking and swearing. On his one-hundred and tenth birthday, he visited London for the first time in his life. Guinness World Records had recognised Evans as the "world's oldest man" in 1989, but let the title lapse after his death, only to bring it back in 2000. |
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