Monday, 21 January 2019

Masazo Nonaka, Japanese supercentenarian, Died at 113

Masazō Nonaka was born on July 25, 1905, and died on January 20, 2019.

He was recorded as the oldest person ever born in Hokkaido Prefecture.

He was, at the time of his death at age 113 years, 179 days, Japan's oldest living man since Masamitsu Yoshida's death on October 29, 2016 and the world's oldest living man since Spaniard Francisco Núñez Olivera's death on 30 January 2018.

He was married to Hatsuno Nonaka in 1931 and had five children (of whom two were living as of April 2018).

He ran the family onsen, which opened in 1905, and spent most of his time in a wheelchair, credits his longevity to eating sweets and relaxing in the hot springs.

He died of natural causes at 1:30am on January 20, 2019, and was succeeded as the oldest living man in Germany.

Masazo Nonaka passed away at 113 years old.

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