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NezOlivera Francisco Biography

Spanish supercentenarian, who became the oldest living man after the death of Polish-born Israeli Yisrael Kristal on 11 August 2017. He was also the third oldest living Spanish person. He joined the army at the age of 19 to fight in the Rif War. He had his kidney removed when he was 90 and a cataract operation aged 98, and was a veteran of the Spanish Civil War. He was nicknamed "Marchena" after his resemblance to famous native flamenco singer-songwriter/actor Pepe Marchena. He has four children, nine grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren all of whom were alive at the time of his 110th birthday. He died on 29 January 2018, aged 113 years and 47 days. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less