werner@aecom.UUCP (02/23/86)
Tokyo, Feb. 22, 1985 (UPI) - Shigechio Izumi, at 120 the oldest known man in the world, died yesterday of heart failure. Born on June 29, 1865, Izumi lived a simple life as a small farmer on Tokunoshima and attributed his good health to sipping a daily glass of shochu, a liquor made from unrefined sugar, and to frequent walks. The 120-year-old Japanese farmer quit smoking at 116 but said he would rather die than give up drinking. Izumi, a bald and frail-looking man with a wispy white beard, died at his home in Asan on the southern coral island of Tokunoshima, where he was born. -- Craig Werner !philabs!aecom!werner "Comedy, like Medicine, was never meant to be practiced by the general public."
msb@lsuc.UUCP (Mark Brader) (02/28/86)
> Tokyo, Feb. 22, 1985 (UPI) - Shigechio Izumi, at 120 the oldest known > man in the world, died yesterday of heart failure. > Born on June 29, 1865 ... "1985" should of course be "1986". Mark Brader