Arturo Licata | |
Birth: | 2 May 1902 Enna, Sicily, Italy |
Death: | 24 April 2014 Enna, Sicily, Italy |
Age: | 111 years, 357 days |
Country: | ITA |
Validated |
Arturo Licata (2 May 1902 – 24 April 2014) was an Italian supercentenarian who was the world's oldest verified living man since the death of 112-year-old Salustiano Sanchez on 13 September 2013 until his own death on 24 April 2014 at the age of 111 years, 357 days. He was also the third-oldest Italian man ever behind Giovanni Frau and Antonio Todde at the time of his death. And the oldest man ever from Sicily
Biography
Arturo Licata was born in Enna on the island of Sicily, Italy on 2 May 1902 (he claimed to have been born on 28 April 1902) and had three brothers and two sisters. He, at the age of nine, began to work at mines; he later served in the Italian military. When he was young, he walked 22 kilometers every day, due to the lack of cars in his area.
He worked as a miner in dangerous working conditions. His career lasted 60 years. He married a woman named Rosa and had seven children: four boys and three girls. Licata also had eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. His wife Rosa died in 1980. When he was 85, he got blinded in one eye in a motorbike accident.
Aside from poor hearing and eyesight, he remained in good health until May 2013, when his health began to decline.
On 13 September 2013, following the death of 112-year-old Salustiano Sanchez of the USA, he became the oldest validated living man in the world.
Arturo Licata died in Enna, Sicily, Italy on 24 April 2014 at the age of 111 years, 357 days, just eight days before his 112th birthday. Following his death, then 111-year-old Alexander Imich became the oldest validated living man in the world.
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References
- Italy’s Arturo Licata awarded Guinness World Records title for oldest living man Guinness World Records, 27 February 2014
- World's oldest man Arturo Licata dies aged 111 Guinness World Records, 25 April 2014
Italy's Oldest Living Man Titleholders (V • E) |
Battista Beghelli • Giuseppe Jussig • Francesco Paba • Francesco Soldati Gabbini • Vincenzo Pintorno • Unknown • Leonardo Tamasi • Ulrico Miani • Beniamino Vitone • Pasquale Capella • Giuseppe Arena • Luigi Saba • Francesco Carlino • Giuseppe De Bonis • Cesare Di Claudio • Paolo Gioletta • Giovanni Ferzini • Antonio Giacchetti • Giuseppe Varagona • Domenico Minervino • Constanzo Tizzano • Saverio Russo • Filippo Mogavero • Adelmo Meoni • Giuseppe Pinna • Valentino Stella • Antonio Baldo • Antonio Todde • Giovanni Frau • Pasquale Frasconi • Carlo Orelli • Carmine Alfano • Luigi Rava • Dante Gavagnin • Italo Sarrocco • Delfino Borroni • Carlo Dozzi • Giovanni Ligato • Giuseppe Mirabella • Arturo Licata • Salvatore Caruso • Valerio Piroddi • Andrea Lattari • Lorenzo Berzero • Luigi Tomasi • Salvatore Cavallo • Giovanni Quarisa • Giovanni La Penna • Antonino Turturici • Gaudenzio Nobili • Giuseppe Venturi • Tripolino Giannini • Michele Cicora • Vitantonio Lovallo |