Yahoo! News - Man Aged 122 Dies in EgyptMan Aged 122 Dies in Egypt
Mon Feb 3, 8:15 AM ET
CAIRO (Reuters) - A 122-year-old man, whose age if substantiated would have made him the oldest living person on the planet, has died in Egypt, a newspaper reported on Saturday.
Al-Wafd said that Youssef Mohamed Attia al-Chadhli, a carpenter from the town of Damietta on Egypt's Mediterranean coast, had eight children, the oldest of whom had died at age 72.
The paper said the man, who had 32 grandchildren, had never been to see a doctor.
The current holder of the record for the world's oldest living person is Japan's Kamato Hongo, who the Guinness World Records Web site says took the title last March at 114.
A South African woman who died in January, reportedly at the age of 122, had failed to claim the record for being the oldest person alive because she could not produce the necessary proof of her age, media reported.
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