Arturo Licata

Arturo Licata
Birth:	2 May 1902 Enna, Sicily, Italy
Death:	24 April 2014 Enna, Sicily, Italy
Age:	111 years, 357 days
Country:	ITA
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Arturo Licata (2 May 1902 – 24 April 2014) was an Italian supercentenarian who was the world's oldest verified living man following the death of Salustiano Sanchez on 13 September 2013 until his own death on 24 April 2014 at age 111 years, 357 days. He is third-oldest Italian man on record only behind Giovanni Frau and Antonio Todde.

Life

Arturo Licata was born in Enna on the island of Sicily, Italy on 2 May 1902 (he claimed to have been born on 28 April 1902) and had 3 brothers and 2 sisters. He, at the age of nine, began to work at mines; he later served in the Italian military. When he was young, he walked 22 kilometers every day, due to the lack of cars in his area.

He worked as a miner in dangerous working conditions. His career lasted 60 years. He married a woman named Rosa and had 7 children: 4 boys and 3 girls. Licata also had 8 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren. His wife Rosa died in 1980. When he was 85, he got blinded in one eye in a motorbike accident.

Aside from poor hearing and eyesight, he remained in good health until May 2013, when his health began to decline.

Licata died on 24 April 2014, just eight days before his 112th birthday. Following his death, Alexander Imich became the oldest man in the world.

References

• Guinness World Records
• Gerontology Research Group

Gallery

Arturo Licata as a young man.

Arturo Licata aged 111, recognized as the World's Oldest Man.

World's Oldest Living Man Titleholders (V • T • E)

Sylvester Melvin • Joseph Saint-Amour • William Fullingim • John Mosley Turner Friedrich Wedeking • Frederick Butterfield • Jean Teillet • Charlie Nelson • Charlie Phillips • Mathew Beard • Joe Thomas • Herman Smith-Johannsen • Alphaeus Philemon Cole • John Evans • Henri Perignon • James Wiggins • Frederick Frazier • Josep Armengol-Jover • Christian Mortensen • Johnson Parks • Walter Richardson • Denzo Ishizaki • Antonio Urrea-Hernandez • John Painter • Antonio Todde • Yukichi Chuganji • Joan Riudavets-Moll • Fred Hale • Emiliano Mercado del Toro • Tomoji Tanabe • Henry Allingham • Walter Breuning • Jiroemon Kimura • Salustiano Sanchez • Arturo Licata • Alexander Imich • Sakari Momoi • Yasutaro Koide • Israel Kristal • Francisco Nunez Olivera • Masazo Nonaka • Chitetsu Watanabe • Bob Weighton

Europe’s Oldest Living Man Titleholders (V • E)

Geert Adriaans Boomgaard • Unknown • Matthias Dodenhoff • Frederick Stabbins • William Mugfur • Sven Eriksson • Jean-Pierre Dupont • William Walker • Bening Arnold • Hans Schaftner-Burgin • Lars Olofsson • Marc Picq • Johan Svanstrom • Erik Jansson • Francesco Cubadda • Thomas Pope • John Francklow • Karl Nilsson • Unknown • Antonio Marchi • August Karlsson • Karl Glockner • Anders Jonasson • Mathias Hansen Saether • Jan Kip • Willem Kostering • Unknown • Francesco Paba • John Mosley Turner • Unknown • Friedrich Wedeking • Frederick Butterfield • Jean Teillet • Pasquale Cappello • Giuseppe Arena • Luigi Saba • Ingebrigt Johansen • Victor Guillot • Andrei Kuznetsoff • Herman Smith-Johannsen • John Evans • Henri Perignon • Domenico Minervino • Josep Armengol-Jover • Pablo Roy • Emile Fourcade • Bernard Delhom • Valentino Stella • Gregorio Merino • Antonio Baldo • Antonio Urrea-Hernandez • Alejandro Rivera Santalla • Antonio Todde • Joan Riudavets-Moll • Hermann Dornemann • Jerzy Pajaczkowski-Dydynski • Maurice Floquet • Henry Allingham • Harry Patch • Stanley Lucas • Jan Goossenaerts • Francisco Fernandez • Arturo Licata • Rezso Gallai • Philippe Vocanson • Harold Bracher • Francisco Nunez Olivera • Gustav Gerneth • Bob Weighton • Dumitru Comanescu • Saturnino de la Fuente Garcia

Italy's Oldest Living Man Titleholders (V • E)

Battista Beghelli • Giuseppe Jussig • Francesco Paba • Francesco Soldati Gabbini • Vincenzo Pintorno • Unknown • Leonardo Tamasi • Ulrico Miani • Beniamino Vitone • Pasquale Capella • Giuseppe Arena • Luigi Saba • Francesco Carlino • Giuseppe De Bonis • Cesare Di Claudio • Paolo Gioletta • Giovanni Ferzini • Antonio Giacchetti • Giuseppe Varagona • Domenico Minervino • Constanzo Tizzano • Saverio Russo • Filippo Mogavero • Adelmo Meoni • Giuseppe Pinna • Valentino Stella • Antonio Baldo • Antonio Todde • Giovanni Frau • Pasquale Frasconi • Carlo Orelli • Carmine Alfano • Luigi Rava • Dante Gavagnin • Italo Sarrocco • Delfino Borroni • Carlo Dozzi • Giovanni Ligato • Giuseppe Mirabella • Arturo Licata • Salvatore Caruso • Valerio Piroddi • Andrea Lattari • Lorenzo Berzero • Luigi Tomasi • Salvatore Cavallo • Giovanni Quarisa • Giovanni La Penna • Antonino Turturici