The oldest man in the world DIES peacefully in his New York apartment at age 111

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The oldest man in the world DIES peacefully in his New York apartment at age 111

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Alexander Imich, 111, died at 9:03 a.m., according to his friends Michael Mannion and Trish Corbett who were taking care of him
Alexander Imich from New York was born on February 4, 1903
This was the year that the Wright brothers took off in the first airplane
He believes that being a teetotaler and participating in sports may have helped

The world's oldest living man who resided on New York City's Upper West Side died at 111-years-old on Sunday morning.

Alexander Imich, 111, died at 9:03 a.m., according to his friends Michael Mannion and Trish Corbett who were taking care of him, reports NBC.

Irmich received the Guinness World Record after Italian man Arturo Licata died before his 112th birthday, according to data collected by the Gerontology Research Group.



In a video interview with Reuters, Imich simply credited his long lifespan to 'good genes.'

Imich has also suggested that it may be because he and his wife never had any children during their marriage.

'My father lived to his 90s, so I got good genes and was living a hygienic life too.'

Imich also alluded to having other aspirations.

'There are things I would like to achieve,' he said. 'But I'm not quite clear about what and how.'

Speaking to NBC 4, Imich expressed shock at receiving the record.

He said: 'I have no idea how this happened.'

Imich was born in Poland on February 4, 1903.

Though a New York Times report details how Imich experienced anti-Semitism while pursuing a career, he eventually studied chemistry and later parapsychology.

That report said Imich 'participated in numerous inexplicable encounters' after he became interested in a Polish medium and eventually published 'Incredible Tales of the Paranormal' at age 92.

He emigrated to the U.S in 1951 with his wife Wela and settled in Connecticut, the paper says, and moved to New York after her death in 1986.

Speaking to the Times, Imich listed some other possible reasons for his lifespan.They included not having children, participating in athletics, and abstaining from alcohol.

Though Imich may have been the world's oldest living man, there are 66 women in the world older than him, according to the Gerontology Research Group's data, with the oldest being 116-year-old Misao Okawa.

OLDING BACK THE YEARS: EVENTS ALEXANDER IMICH HAS LIVED THROUGH

1903 - The first Teddy Bear went on sale in America
- First flight made by Orville Wright in North Carolina
- Italo Marchiony granted patent for the ice cream cone

1904 - First mainline electric train runs in the UK from Liverpool to Southport

1905 - Albert Einstein formulates the E=mc2 equation

1906 - Rolls Royce firm created

1908 - First Model T Ford leaves the firm's Detroit factory

1909 - Construction of Pearl Harbor base begins

1912 - Titanic sinks

1914 - World War I begins

1916 - Albert Einstein presents his General Theory of Relativity

1918 - World War I ends

1923 - First transatlantic transmission of a voice takes place

1928 - Penicillin invented by Alexander Fleming

1929 - Great Depression of America

1933 - Assassination attempt on President-elect Franklin D Roosevelt

1939 - World War II starts

1955 - Disneyland Park opened in California

1963 - JFK assassinated

1969 - First man on the moon
- Internet arrives

1977 - Star Wars released

1980 - Mount St Helens erupts

1986 - Space Shuttle Challenger disaster

1987 - DNA used to convict criminals for the first time

1989 - Berlin wall falls

1997 - Princess Diana dies

2001- Wikipedia is launched

2005 - YouTube launched

2009 - Barack Obama is sworn in

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