“Juan Vicente Pérez Mora passed away for eternity at the age of 114. I send my hugs and condolences to his family. May God receive him in his holy glory!” Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said on the X network.
Pérez was officially confirmed as the oldest living man on February 4, 2022, when he was 112 years and 253 days old, according to the Guinness Book of Records, AFP writes.
The farmer known as Tio Vicente was born on May 27, 1909 in the town of El Cobre in the Andean state of Tachira, the ninth of ten children.
“At the age of five, he began working with his father and brothers in agriculture, helping to harvest sugar cane and coffee,” according to a 2022 Guinness statement.
Pérez later became sheriff and was in charge of resolving land and family disputes while still working in agriculture.
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