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Unofficial world's oldest man dies aged 116 in South Africa
Fredie Blom said earlier this year he had ‘lived this long because of God’s grace’A 116-year-old South African man believed to be one of the world’s oldest people has died, his family said.Born on 8 May 1904, Fredie Blom told Agence-France Presse this year that he had “lived this long because of God’s grace”. South African media have described Blom as “unofficially” the world’s oldest man. Continue reading...
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