Fredie Blom: 'World's oldest man' dies aged in South Africa Published 22 August image copyrightAFP image captionFredie Blom - seen here on his th birthday - said there was no special secret to his longevity A South African who was thought to be the oldest man in the world has died at the age of Fredie Blom's identity documents showed he was born in Eastern Cape province in Mayalthough that was never verified by Guinness World Records.
Fredie Blom: 'World's oldest man' dies aged in South Africa Published 22 August image copyrightAFP image captionFredie Blom - seen here on his th birthday - said there was no special secret to his longevity A South African who was thought to be the oldest man in the world has died at the age of When he was a teenager, his entire family was wiped out by the Spanish flu pandemic.
I can drop over any time but He holds me," he said. Mr Blom's family said he died of natural causes in Cape Town on Saturday.
Mr Naidoo said the mrn did not believe his death was related to Covid Mr Blom spent most of his life as a labourer - first on a farm and then in the construction industry - and only retired when he was in his 80s. He's got all the power.
I have nothing. Related Topics. Fredie Blom's identity documents showed he was born in Eastern Cape province in May qfrica, although that was never verified by Guinness World Records.
However, a coronavirus-related lockdown imposed by the South African government reportedly meant he was unable to buy tobacco to roll his own cigarettes on his th birthday. South African men confront country's rape crisis South African men confront country's rape crisis no Close Small groups of men, some of them confessed rapists, are meeting in towns and cities across South Africa to talk about sexual violence, as part of a small but ificant challenge to their country's spiralling record on rape.
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He went on to survive two world wars and apartheid. Mr Blom told the BBC in that there was no special secret to his longevity.
