Oldest Man Who Ever Lived

Bolivian indigenous farmer Carmelo Flores has lived to the grand old age of 123, celebrating his most recent birthday on July 16 (1890).  And his baptismal certificate bears him out  (birth certificates were not issued in those days).  He lives high in the Andes in a straw roofed hut, and eats the local ‘potato’ center diet.  The previous  record holder was a Frenchman who died at 122.