 Shigechiyo Izumi
Birthplace: Tokunoshima Island, Japan
Born: 6/29/1865
Died: 2/21/1986
Age: 120 years 237 days
Cause of death: Pneumonia
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Oriental
Occupation: Elderly
Nationality: Japan |
Shigechiyo Izumi was considered the oldest recognized living
person for several years and is still recognized as the longest-lived man in the
world. He was a native of Tokunoshima in the Ryukyu Islands of Japan, whose
people are well-known for their longevity.
Assuming his claimed birth date is correct, he would have attained an age of
120, years older than any other recognized male, and the second-longest
documented lifespan in the world, second only to that of Frenchwoman
Jeanne Calment.
He was recorded as a 6-year-old in Japan's first census of 1871. His wife died
aged 90. He worked until he was 105, drank Sho-chu (distilled from barley), and
took up smoking at age 70. He attributed his long life to "God, Buddha, and the
Sun."
On 2/21/1986 (the same day as Jeanne Calment's
111th birthday), he died of pneumonia after a brief hospitalization. He was 120
years and 237 days old (if 1865 year birth is correct). He was the last
recognized surviving person of the 1860s.
The world's longest working career
Shigechiyo Izumi of Japan started working in in 1872 at age seven. He worked as
a farmer till he retired at the young age of 105 in 1970, spanning 98 years of
toiling for a living. Shigechiyo Izumi enjoyed another 15 years of retirement,
living to the ripe old age of 120.
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