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Fritz Bosch died on 25 November 1986 in Fribourg, Switzerland at the age of 109 years, 273 days. His successor as Switzerland’s oldest person was then-107-year-old Bertha Bournoud-Bucher (1879-1988) of Vaud. His Swiss male longevity record would be broken on 4 December 2011, 25 years after his death, by fellow Fribourg man [[Pierre Gremion]] (1902-2012). |
Fritz Bosch died on 25 November 1986 in Fribourg, Switzerland at the age of 109 years, 273 days. His successor as Switzerland’s oldest person was then-107-year-old Bertha Bournoud-Bucher (1879-1988) of Vaud. His Swiss male longevity record would be broken on 4 December 2011, 25 years after his death, by fellow Fribourg man [[Pierre Gremion]] (1902-2012). |
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Revision as of 00:50, 16 August 2020
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| Birth: | 25 February 1877 Switzerland |
| Death: | 25 November 1986 Fribourg, Switzerland |
| Age: | 109 years, 273 days |
| Country: |  SUI
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Fritz Bosch [German: Bösch, also Boesch] (25 February 1877 – 25 November 1986) was a Swiss centenarian who was the male longevity recordholder for Switzerland from 1984 until 2011.
Biography
Fritz Bosch was born on 25 February 1877 in Switzerland. It is not clear when he became the oldest man in Switzerland, but he became the oldest person in Switzerland on 21 August 1984 following the death of 109-year-old Ada Duvoisin of Geneva. A few months prior, on 13 March 1984, Bosch became the male longevity recordholder for Switzerland, surpassing the age of Zurich’s Johann Kuehlein (1868-1975).
Fritz Bosch died on 25 November 1986 in Fribourg, Switzerland at the age of 109 years, 273 days. His successor as Switzerland’s oldest person was then-107-year-old Bertha Bournoud-Bucher (1879-1988) of Vaud. His Swiss male longevity record would be broken on 4 December 2011, 25 years after his death, by fellow Fribourg man Pierre Gremion (1902-2012).
Gallery
<gallery widths="280"> FBosch.jpg|Bosch on his 109th birthday.
References
- 109 ans pour le doyen de Suisse Le Nouvelliste, 25 February 1986
- Für nationalen Altersrekord fehlen noch fast drei Jahre (mentions Fritz Bosch as being Switzerland’s oldest man ever) Südostschweiz, 6 August 2011
| Switzerland's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • E) |
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Giustina Giardino-Bianco • Ada Duvoisin • Fritz Bosch • Bertha Bournoud-Bucher • Anita Canonica • Suzanne Monney-Perrin • Marie Huber-Christen • Maria Schaerer-Burckhardt • Andree Fehr-de Boulay • Cecile Ida Ritter • Emma Duvoisin • Hanna Schiess • Mathilde Bonzo-Wrede • Frieda Schopf • Sophie Hew-Schenker • Catherine Amoos • Jules Nidegger • Emma Soller-Kellenberger • Maria Siegrist-Stampfli • Suzanne Jaccard • Anna Ringier-Kieser • Rosa Rein • Adelheid Wehrle-Rieger • Pierre Gremion • Louise Mafli • Hedwig Hosig-Huggler • Alice Roffler-Waldmeier • Nina Hofer-Lustenberger • Lucrezia Furceri • Germaine Broyon • Helli Stehle • Frieda Binz-Schoch • Alice Schaufelberger-Hunziker • Marie Guerne • Anna Furrer |