Puerto Rican-American soldier (died 2007)

Emiliano Mercado del Toro

Emiliano Mercado del Toro was a Puerto Rican supercentenarian and military veteran who was, at age 115, the world's oldest person following the death of 116-year-old Elizabeth Bolden on December 11, 2006, until his own death on January 24, 2007. He had already been the world's oldest man from November 19, 2004, upon the death of Fred Harold Hale. At the time of his death in January 2007, aged 115 years and 156 days, Mercado was the second oldest fully validated male ever, behind Danish-American Christian Mortensen's record of 115 years 252 days. Japanese man, Shigechiyo Izumi, was still believed to be older at the time of Mercado's death, but his record was withdrawn by Guinness World Records in 2010.

Born

1891

August 21

Died

2007

Era

1890s

Country

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Emiliano, in brief

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1891 Born
2007 Died

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The world in 2007

When Emiliano departed

april 11 Algiers bombings: Two bombings in Algiers kill 33 people and wound a further 222 others.
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april 16 Virginia Tech shooting: Seung-Hui Cho murders 32 people and injures 17 before committing suicide.
april 20 Johnson Space Center shooting: William Phillips barricades himself with a handgun in NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, before killing a male hostage and himself.

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