Benito Martinez

Claimed to be the world's oldest living person by himself and the government of Cuba. Benito says he was born 1880 near Cavaellon in Haiti. He says he came to Cuba via steamship in the 1920's when he was 45 years old, worked on the family ranch of Cuban president Fidel Castro and eventually settled in a small farming community outside Ciego de Avila. He puts his longevity down to healthy food—rice and peas, fresh vegetables and only the occasional drink of alcohol. Image File history File links worlds oldest man - Benito Martinez This work is copyrighted. ... Image File history File links worlds oldest man - Benito Martinez This work is copyrighted. ... 1880 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Paddle steamers - Lucerne-Switzerland Left: original paddlewheel from a paddle steamer on the lake of Lucerne. ... Sometimes referred to as the Roaring Twenties. Events and trends Technology John Logie Baird invents the first working television system. ... Ranching is the raising of cattle or sheep on rangeland, although one might also speak of ranching with regard to less common livestock such as elk, bison or emu. ... Cuban President Fidel Castro Fidel Castro Ruz (born August 13, 1926) has been the ruler of Cuba since 1959, when, leading the 26th of July Movement, he overthrew the than President of Cuba, Fulgencio Batista, and transformed Cuba into the first Communist state in the Western Hemisphere. ... Ciego de Ávila is the capital of Ciego de Ávila Province, Cuba. ... Soul food is an ethnic cuisine, food traditionally eaten by African Americans of the Southern United States. ... Alcoholic beverages are drinks containing ethanol, popularly called alcohol. ...

No actual record exists of his birth or has been produced of his life before he reached Cuba. Cuban experts said that they believed Benito to be probably around 119—comfortably older than the current official world record holder, Elizabeth Bolden, a Tennessee woman who is 115. Benito Martinez is the star attraction of the country's recently formed 120-Club, an organisation promoting healthy lives for Cuba's most elderly citizens. Elizabeth Lizzie Bolden (born August 15, 1890 in Somerville, Tennessee) was verified in April 2005 as having been the oldest documented resident of the United States since the death of Emma Verona Johnston the previous December. ...

See also

Supercentenarian, Emiliano Mercado del Toro, Longevity, Caloric restriction A supercentenarian (sometimes hyphenated super-centenarian) is someone who has reached the age of 110 years or more, something achieved by only one in a thousand centenarians (0. ... Emiliano Mercado del Toro (born August 21, 1891) is a supercentenarian resident of Puerto Rico, probably its oldest inhabitant after the death of Ramona Trinidad Iglesias-Jordan, and since November 2004, considered by Guinness to be the oldest living man. ... Longevity is long life or existence. ... Caloric restriction (CR) is the practice of limiting dietary energy intake to improve health and retard aging. ...

Sources

BBC report -"I am 125 today"
Havanajournal - Cuban may be world's oldest man