Avignon at the age of 110 (Source: GRG)
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Marie Aimé Pierre Avignon was a French supercentenarian who was the oldest living male in the country from 2006 to 2007. He was also one of the top 10 oldest living men in the world. His age has been validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) and the European Supercentenarian Organisation (ESO), and recognised by LongeviQuest (LQ).
Avignon was born in Saint-Paul-le-Froid, a commune in Occitanie’s Lozère department, as the fourth child of a shepherd and his wife. His mother died when he was eight months old, and was then raised by his elder sister.
Avignon avoided the draft for World War I due to being one centimetre too short. His brother died during the conflict. Avignon later became a farmer and horse trader. He moved to the commune of Alès in the 1930s, and retired in 1956.
Avignon was married to his wife, Mathilde, until her death in 1993 aged 94. He then moved in with one of their four daughters.
On 10 November 2006, following the death of then-French male longevity recordholder Maurice Floquet, Avignon became France’s oldest living man. He was the eighth man in the country to attain supercentenarian status, doing so in February 2007.
Avignon died on 23 August 2007 at the age of 110 years, 202 days. His successor as the oldest living man in France was then-109-year-old Louis de Cazenave.
Avignon’s age was verified by Aurore Clavel (GRG), as well as Cyril Depoudent, Jimmy Lindberg, and Les Grands Centenaires Français (ESO), and validated by the GRG on 22 March 2007. His age was later validated by the ESO on 14 May 2021.
https://grg.org/Gallery/1897Gallery.html
http://www.midilibre.com/actuv2/article.php?num=1187979182 (no longer available)
https://www.la-croix.com/Archives/2007-08-27/Deces.-Le-doyen-des-Francais-meurt-a-110-ans.-Aime-Avignon-etait-ne-le-2-fevrier-1897.-_NP_-2007-08-27-299318
Avignon at the age of 110 (Source: GRG)
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