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Worlds oldest man and WW1 veteran dies

Jul 18, 2009#1

twitchmoss

Oldest WWI veteran dies aged 113

theres only two uk veterans left, one is 111, and the other is 108.

Jul 18, 2009#2

Twitch

Damn, that guy was ten kinds of awesome.

Jul 18, 2009#3

JCM

Terrible thing is that his death will get shown on tv after the 70th Michael Jackson special.

Jul 19, 2009#4

Chronos[Ha-G]

JCM said:
Terrible thing is that his death will get shown on tv after the 70th Michael Jackson special.

My initial impulse was to make some form of pithy/snide joke out of this...but nevermind. The above is true enough - ugh.

Jul 20, 2009#5

coolbeans

From his obituary
"Cigarettes, whisky and wild, wild women was Henry Allingham's tongue in cheek recipe for his long life, which crossed over three centuries."

That guy was amazing

Jul 20, 2009#6

Joe Johnson

There can be only one!

Jul 20, 2009#7

Philosopher B.

Holy poop. That's a lot of decades to be around. Can you imagine living through the world changing as much as it did in the last 110 years. I mean, goddamn. Anyhoo, dude sounded cool.

*Salutes*

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