Is this the world’s oldest man? ...Experts believe this man could be 126
Jose Jose Aguinelo dos Santos, who lives in an old people’s home Bauru, Brazil, was, according to the document, born on July 7 1888 - making him 126 years old. If the certificate is genuine, he is the oldest person EVER - beating Frenchwoman Jeanne Calment, who was born in 1875, and died in the town of Arles in 1997 at the age of 122.
The oldest man to ever live was Jiroemon Kimura, of Kyotango, Japan, who died aged 116 in June last year.
Mr dos Santos, who is known as Ze, has never married or had children, eats a plate of rice and beans every day. The former coffee plantation worker was born just two months after slavery was abolished in Brazil.
He was born in a slave compound in the town of Pedra Branca in northeastern Brazil.
He told Brazil’s G1 website there is no secret to living a long life: “The truth is that you just keep getting older.
“You take each stage at a time.If I got to this age it’s because I’ve lived a lot, that’s all.”
Mariana Silva, psychologist at the Vila Vicentina home, said Jose has no health problems and is so lucid he still amuses other residents by cracking one-liners.
She said: “He’s one of our most with-it residents.
“He doesn’t have high cholesterol, diabetes or high blood pressure. The only medicine he takes are vitamins and a tablet to