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Eduard Alexandrowitsch von Falz-Fein
Eduard von Falz-Fein
Birth: 14 September 1912
Gavrilovka, Kherson Oblast, Russian Empire (now Ukraine)
Death: 17 November 2018
Vaduz, Liechtenstein
Age: 106 years, 64 days
Country: UkraineUKRLiechtensteinLIE
Centenarian

Baron Eduard Oleg Alexandrowitsch von Falz-Fein (14 September 1912 – 17 November 2018) was an Ukrainian-born Liechtensteiner centenarian, businessman, journalist, public figure, and sportsman from Liechtenstein.

Biography

Eduard von Falz-Fein served as a "sports diplomat" who initiated the Olympic movement in Liechtenstein and vice president of Liechtenstein Olympic Committee in the mid-1930s. In 1951 and from 1953 to 1973, he was President of the Liechtenstein Cycling Association. He was born in Gavrilovka, Kherson Oblast. Falz-Fein funded much of the research on the identification of the Romanov family remains.

Baron von Falz-Fein turned 100 in September 2012 and became the oldest living person in Liechtenstein after the death of Hedwig Beck-Sele on 16 March 2014, and became the oldest person ever in Liechtenstein on 8 September 2017.

Baron von Falz-Fein died in a house fire in Vaduz, Liechtenstein on 17 November 2018, at the age of 106 years, 64 days.

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