A South African who is believed to be the oldest man in the world has died at the age of 116.
Fredie Blom’s documents showed that he was born in May 1904 in the Eastern Cape Province.
According to the Guardian, Blom’s entire family was wiped out by the Spanish Flu Pandemic when he was a teenager.
He raised three children and was also a grandfather to five.
“Two weeks ago oupa (grandfather) was still chopping wood,” family spokesman Andre Naidoosaid, recalling the old man using a 4lb hammer. “He was a strong man, full of pride,” he added. But within three days, his family saw him shrink “from a big man to a small person”.
Blom was born in the rural town of Adelaide, near the Great Winterberg mountain range of South Africa’s Eastern Cape province. He died at Tygerberg hospital in Cape Town. Naidoo said his death was not related to Covid and was a “normal natural death”.
South Africa’s Fredie Blom, one of the oldest men in the world, dies aged 116. He survived Spanish Flu pandemic, two World Wars & apartheid. Blom attributed his longevity to decades of work in construction, along with walking & cycling to work. RIP Blom.https://t.co/dFqZtfWKOf
— Charles Onyango-Obbo (@cobbo3) August 22, 2020
Source: The Guardian
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