Philippe Vocanson

Philippe Vocanson (20 October 1904 - 18 January 2015) was a French supercentenarian who was, at the age of 110, the oldest man in Europe at the time of his death.

Biogrpahy
He was born in 1904 in Haute-Loire, France, one of eight siblings. One of his sisters lived to the age of 108. In his younger days, he worked as a shoemaker and a farmer. During WWII, he was captured and held as a prisoner of war by the Germans in northern France. He had two children, six grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. He drank little alcohol, and put his longevity down to a diet of cheese and chocolate.

He became the oldest known man in France following the death of Emile Turlant on 15 September 2013 and the oldest known man in Europe following the death of Gallai Rezso on 25 September 2014. He died in Saint-Etienne on 18 January 2015, aged 110 years, 90 days.