Santiago de la Fuente, a 112-year-old Spanish man who was recognized by the Guinness Book of Records as the world's oldest man in September last year, died on Tuesday at home in the city of Leon in northwest Spain.
当地时间1月18日,西班牙人德拉•富恩特在该国西北部莱昂市的家中去世,终年112岁。去年9月,富恩特被吉尼斯世界纪录认定为"世界上最年长男性"。
Santiago was born on Feb 12, 1909. He survived the Spanish flu pandemic that broke out in 1918 and started working in a shoe factory when he was 13 years old.
富恩特于1909年2月12日出生,经历过1918年的西班牙大流感,13岁进入一家制鞋厂工作。
He had eight children, 14 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren and during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic he became the first man vaccinated in Leon.
他有8个孩子、14个孙子和22个曾孙。新冠疫情暴发后,富恩特成为莱昂市首个接种新冠疫苗的人。