By: Vickie J. Rubinson
Henry Allingham, the world's oldest man and oldest WWI vet, who put his longevity down to "cigarettes, whiskey and wild, wild, women," died Saturday at the age of 113.
He became the world's oldest man on June 17, Guiness World Records confirmed, when the previous holder, Tomoji Tanabe of Japan, died at age 113.
"The Queen was saddened to hear of the death of Henry Allingham," a Buckingham Palace spokeswoman said.
Born in Clapton, northeast London, Allingham witnessed three different centuries and saw six British monarchs on the throne. Events he lived through included the death of queen Victoria in 1901, the sinking of the Titanic in 1912, the invention of television in the 1920s and the Wall Street crash of 1929.
The world's oldest woman is Gertrude Baines, a 115-year-old American.
Henry Allingham, the world's oldest man and oldest WWI vet, who put his longevity down to "cigarettes, whiskey and wild, wild, women," died Saturday at the age of 113.
He became the world's oldest man on June 17, Guiness World Records confirmed, when the previous holder, Tomoji Tanabe of Japan, died at age 113.
"The Queen was saddened to hear of the death of Henry Allingham," a Buckingham Palace spokeswoman said.
Born in Clapton, northeast London, Allingham witnessed three different centuries and saw six British monarchs on the throne. Events he lived through included the death of queen Victoria in 1901, the sinking of the Titanic in 1912, the invention of television in the 1920s and the Wall Street crash of 1929.
The world's oldest woman is Gertrude Baines, a 115-year-old American.
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