Emiliano Mercado Del Toro

Emiliano Mercado Del Toro (August 21, 1891 - January 24, 2007) was a Puerto Rican at the age of 115, the oldest validated living person in the world for 6 weeks and the oldest man in the world for over 2 years (the death of Fred Hale on 19 November, 2004 to January 24, 2007).He is also the oldest verified military vetran ever, and the 3rd oldest man ever, one of the only 3 (other being Christian Mortenson (1882-1998) and Jiroemon Kimura (1897- 2013) to reach 115 and one of the only 7 to reach 114.He was at his death, the 2nd oldest man ever behind the Danish-American Christian Mortensen who lived to be 115 years 252 days.Del Toro was the last surviving documented person born in 1891,he is also the oldest verified Hispanic/Latino person ever. He officially became the oldest documented living person on December 11, 2006, following the death of 116-years old Elizabeth Bolden.He was suceeded in the title by Emma Tillman who herself died only 10 days later.He is the oldest Puerto Rican at the age of 115 years, 156 days.