Benjamin Holcomb

Benjamin Harrison Holcomb (3 July 1889 – 2 December 2000) was a validated American supercentenarian. He was, at the time of his death, the third oldest living man in the United States behind John Painter and John McMorran, and fifth oldest living man in the world behind Painter, Antonio Todde, Yukichi Chuganji and McMorran.

Biography
Benjamin Harrison Holcomb was born on 3 July 1889 in Kansas.

He lived most of his life in Oklahoma where he farmed every day until his retirement in 1996 aged 107. In 1998, aged 109, he became the oldest known man to stalk and shoot a deer. He spent the last years of his life in a nursing home being cared for by three of his five children, all in their eighties.

He was an avid supporter of outdoor activity, particularly field sports which he had enjoyed since he was a young boy. He put his longevity down to his ability to "weep freely", which he said stopped him ever getting stressed, and regular glasses of "good wine".

Holcomb died on 2 December 2000 in Oklahoma, at the age of 111 years, 152 days.