The oldest man in the world died at 114

L & # 39; German Gustav Gerneth, considered the longest man in the world after the death in January of the Japanese Masazo Nonaka, three months older than him, he died Monday night at home in Havelberg. He was 114 years old and I had shot just a week before.

On the day of his birthday, which he celebrated surrounded by his family and which was attended by Havelberg Mayor Bernd Poloski, Gerneth had announced his intention to celebrate his 115th birthday in 2020, writes the local newspaper. Volksstimme.

"I am pleased to have had the great privilege of being able to personally congratulate you on your 114th birthday and to see you so cheerful in your day," said the Mayor.

Gerneth born on October the 15th 1905 in the current Polish city of Szczecin, then still German.

Asked about the secret of his longevity, Gerneth always emphasized the importance of moving. "You do not have to sit on your ass, it leaves you stiff," he said on his centennial.

Your habits? Tea at breakfast, little alcohol, no cigarettes and lots of fish. He also attached great importance to a good butter and, at his table, he did not want to see margarine, recalls the newspaper.

Machinist by profession, he survived two world wars and was a prisoner during the Second. Until his retirement in 1972, he worked at the Havelberg gas station, which closed the same year.

His wife, with whom he married in 1930, died in 1988, along with his three children with her and his granddaughter, according to the regional channel dying of laughter.

Among his hobbies, he stands out water the plants and look out the window with binoculars "I know everyone who walks around here," he told the magazine Bild in an interview for the reason of his 109th birthday.