Carl Berner | |
Birth: | 27 January 1902 Stuttgart, Germany |
Death: | 7 January 2013 New York City, USA |
Age: | 110 years, 346 days |
Country: | GERUSA |
Validated |
Carl James Berner (27 January 1902 – 7 January 2013)[1] was a German-born American supercentenarian, civic activist, and former toymaker.[2]
Biography
Carl Berner died in New York City on 7 January 2013, a few weeks before his 111th birthday.
Before his death he was the second-oldest living American man whose age had been validated, behind James McCoubrey. He had also been the oldest living man in New York City for at least the last two years of his life.[3]
At the time of his death he was the second-oldest validated German-born man ever, behind Hermann Doernemann, who lived for 111 years, 279 days.
Berner died in the New York City, New York, USA, on 7 January 2013.
References
- Table A - Verified Supercentenarians (Listed Chronologically By Birth Date) GRG, 1 January 2015
- Table B - Verified Supercentenarians (Ranked By Age) www.GRG.org, 1 January 2015
- ↑ Carl Berner, Queens supercentenarian and civic leader, dies at 110 Daily News, 8 January 2013
- ↑ The Amazing Mr. Berner...At 107 He Makes Yet Another Comeback JuniperCivic, June 2009
- ↑ At 108, Still Pulsing With Vigor The New York Times, 19 March 2010