Joan Riudavets

Infobox_Person | name = Joan Riudavets Moll
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birth_date = birth date|1889|12|15
birth_place = Minorca, Spain
death_date = death date|2004|3|5
aged age in years and days|1889|12|15|2004|3|5
death_cause = Cold
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Joan Riudavets Moll (December 15, 1889 – March 5, 2004) was a Spanish supercentenarian and the oldest verified person ever in the history of Spain. He was born in Minorca. He became the oldest recognized living person in Europe following the death of Italian Maria Teresa Fumarola Ligorio in May 2003, and the oldest recognized living man in the world following the death of Japanese Yukichi Chuganji in September 2003. At age 113, he was the oldest man ever to accede to that position.

Very uncommonly fit for a supercentenarian, he was able to walk by himself and ride a bicycle until he was 114 years old. He worked as a cobbler until retiring in 1954, and was a former village councillor of Es Migjorn Gran. He died aged 114 and being the only Spanish person to reach that age, after having a cold for a few days, but not being seriously ill. He was the last recognized surviving man of 1889 and of the entire 1880s for that matter. He is the sixth oldest documented man who ever lived.

His mother, Catalina Moll Mercadés, died at age 25 before the end of December 1889, quite possibly giving her son the record for longest period by which anyone has survived a parent.fact|date=November 2007

He was survived by two younger brothers: Josep celebrated his 101st birthday in January 2008, and Pere died in 2006, aged 105, the oldest living resident on the island at the time of his death.

ee also

* Ageing
* Longevity
* List of the oldest people
* Oldest people
* Supercentenarian

References

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3321315.stm BBC News 114th birthday story]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3539095.stm BBC News Obituary]

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