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

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