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Roger Auvin (born 20 March 1908) is a French male supercentenarian who became the oldest-known French male upon the death of Georges Massard on 24 November 2016.
Biography
Auvin was born in Champagné-le-Sec (Vienne) as the eldest child in a family with 7 children (5 boys and 2 girls). He and his wife owned a grocery store in Limalonges. The couple had 2 sons, Jean-Claude (passed away in 2007) and Rémi. His wife passed away after 75 years of marriage in 2007.
At 108, he was a bit hard of hearing, slept a lot and moved around in a wheelchair but still lived at home in Limalonges.
References
- Les 107 printemps de Roger Auvin La Nouvelle République, 24/03/2015
- Deux-Sèvres. À 108 ans, le doyen des Français vit toujours dans sa maison Ouest-France, 8/12/2016
- Le doyen des Français a 108 ans et vit toujours chez lui France Soir, 8 December 2016
- Roger Auvin a fêté ses 110 ans Le Courrier de L’Ouest, 20 March 2018
| France's Oldest Living Man Titleholders (V • E) |
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Jean Teillet • Louis-Jules Lebon • Unknown • Pierre James • Adolphe Gravelines • Henri Perignon • Faustin Jaumard • Louis Brard • Andre Raynaud • Emile Fourcade • Bernard Delhom • Louis Arthur Bon • Leon-Clement Estivals • Jules Many • Theophane Rifosta • Alexis Daigneau • Raymond Abescat • Joseph Rabenda • Jean Chevenet • Maurice Floquet • Aime Avignon • Louis de Cazenave • Lazare Ponticelli • Pierre Picault • Joseph Malahieude • Felix Rostaing • Philibert Parnasse • Charles De Antoni • Andre Coudrat • Louis Le Bouedec • Emile Turlant • Philippe Vocanson • Roger Gouzy • Robert Bourdon • Georges Massard • Roger Auvin • Jules Theobald • Marcel Meys • Andre Boite • Jose Van Zandijcke • Andre Ludwig • Maurice Le Coutour |