In the Spanish village of Bienvenida, province of Badajoz, at the age of 113, Francisco Núñez Olivera, who was considered the oldest man on the planet, died. This is reported by The Local.
Oliveira was born in Bienvenida on December 13, 1904 (according to other sources, September 13, 1904). In the 1920s, he fought in the Spanish-Franco-Moroccan war against the Berber emirate of Reef. After her, the Spaniard returned to his native village. “I've worked in the field all my life,” he told El Mundo in 2017.
Oliveira claimed that he never complained of health, did not break bones and had excellent blood pressure. At 90 he had a kidney removed, at 98 a cataract, and at 108 he was hospitalized with a urinary tract infection.
The long-liver had four children, nine grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. After the death of his wife and sons, he lived with his daughters: 81-year-old Antonia and 78-year-old Milagros. He was recognized as the oldest man in the world after the death of Israel Krishtal from Israel on August 11, 2017.
New contenders for this title were the Japanese Masazo Nonaka, born on July 25, 1905, and Gustav Gerneth from Germany, born on October 15, 1905.
In December, it was reported that the oldest resident of Europe, 117-year-old Spaniard Ana Vela, had died.
