12 Jun 2013

Oldest person in world dies at 116

10:27 pm on 12 June 2013

The oldest person in the world has died in hospital in Japan at the age of 116.

Jiroemon Kimura was born in 1897 and was also the oldest man ever, going by verifiable records.

He celebrated his last birthday in April, when he was still living at home, the BBC reports.

The man from Kyotango in Kyoto Prefecture died of natural causes.