Nationality Spanish, American | Name Salustiano Sanchez | |
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Born 8 June 1901 El Tejado de Bejar, Spain Residence Grand Island, New York, United States Occupation Dulzaina player, sugar cane worker, coal miner Known for Verified oldest living man from 11 June 2013 to 13 September 2013 Died September 13, 2013, Grand Island, New York, United States Spouse Pearl Emilie Chiasera (m. 1934–1988) Children Irene Sanchez, John Sanchez Parents Serafin Sanchez, Baldomera Blasquez People also search for Pearl Emilie Chiasera, Irene Sanchez, John Sanchez | ||
World s oldest living man salustiano sanchez blazquez is 112 and he s from new york
Salustiano Sanchez Blazquez (8 June 1901 – 13 September 2013) was a Spanish-American man who became the world's oldest living man, from the death of 116-year-old Japanese man Jiroemon Kimura on 11 June 2013 until his own death on 13 September 2013. He was born in Spain, and later emigrated to Cuba, where he lived for a few years before emigrating to the United States, living there until his death.
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- World s oldest living man salustiano sanchez blazquez is 112 and he s from new york
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Life
Sanchez was born in 1901 to Baldomera Blazquez and Serafin Sanchez in the village of El Tejado de Bejar, in Salamanca province, Spain. As he was growing up, he was admired for his skills playing the dulzaina musical instrument, which he played at village celebrations and weddings in order to earn money. Sanchez went to school until he was ten years old and taught himself after that point. He immigrated to Cuba at age 17 with his older brother Pedro and some of his friends. He initially worked in the sugar cane fields. Sanchez emigrated to the United States in August 1920 and eventually got a job in the coal mines of Lynch, Kentucky. He met his future wife Pearl Emilie Chiasera at the funeral of a mutual acquaintance in Pennsylvania. He married Chiasera in 1934 and had two children (a son, John, and a daughter, Irene) with her. Sanchez's extended family includes seven grandchildren, fifteen great-grandchildren and five great-great grandchildren. Chiasera died in 1988, after which Sanchez lived with his daughter Irene before he moved into a nursing home in 2007. Sanchez lived at a nursing home in Grand Island, New York, near Niagara Falls. Sanchez stated that his longevity was caused by eating one banana and taking six Anacin tablets each day.
Death
Sanchez died of natural causes in the nursing home on Grand Island on September 13, 2013 aged 112 years, 97 days. He was buried at Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Lewiston, New York. After his death, 111-year-old Italian man Arturo Licata became the world's oldest man.