John Tinniswood, born in 1912 and the oldest surviving male second world war veteran, died ‘surrounded by love’John Tinniswood, the world’s oldest living man, has died at his care home on Merseyside surrounded by “music and love”, his family said. He was 112.The former accountant was born on 26 August 1912, the same year that the Titanic sank; the year the character Tarzan first appeared and the doomed Polar explorer Captain Robert Scott wrote his last lines: “It seems a pity, but I do not think I can write more – R. Scott – For God’s sake look after our people.” Continue reading…
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Author : Mark Brown North of England correspondent
Publish date : 2024-11-26 13:31:24
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World’s oldest known man dies aged 112 in Merseyside
