The Passing of the World’s Oldest Man: A Life of Labor from Age 5
Juan Vicente Perez Mora would have turned 115 in 2 months, which is 45 years longer than the average lifespan in his native Venezuela. For the past 2 years, he had been officially recognized as the oldest living man on Earth.
3 min readApr 6, 2024
Juan Vicente Perez Mora, a Venezuelan, was born in 1909. He would have turned 115 on May 27 of this year. In 2020, he was recognized as the oldest person in Venezuela, and 2 years ago, he entered the “Guinness World Records” as the officially oldest man on Earth.
Who was the oldest man in the world?
When he was born, countries like Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire still existed on the world map. Women wore long dresses and huge hats, and decadence dominated philosophy and art. When he turned 3, newspaper headlines circulated news of the sinking of the Titanic. As a mature man from distant America, he received news about…
