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Joseph McDonald Ashby, Barbados’ Oldest Man, Dies at 107
Joseph McDonald Ashby, the oldest known living man in Barbados, passed away on 28 December 2025, at the age of 107 years, 90 days. Joseph McDonald Ashby was born on 29 September 1918, to parents...
Olivette Labonne, the Oldest Person in Mauritius, Turns 110
Olivette Labonne, the oldest living person in Mauritius, celebrated her 110th birthday in Vacoas-Phoenix on 7 January. Her birthday was first reported on Facebook by Robert Hungley, the country’s...
Oiku Hashimoto, the Oldest Person in Gunma, Japan, Dies at 111
Oiku Hashimoto, the oldest living person in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, passed away in Ōra on 11 January, at the age of 111 years, 200 days. Oiku Hashimoto (橋本オイク) was born in Ōra, on 25 June 1914. She...
Spanish Man Juan Cobos Sánchez Dies at 110
Juan Cobos Sánchez, a resident of Irun, Basque Country, Spain, passed away on 10 January, at the age of 110 years, 167 days. Juan Cobo Sánchez was born in Jerte, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain, on 27...
Illinois Woman Urcille Brown Dies at 110
Urcille Brown, a resident of Chicago, Illinois, USA, passed away on 29 December 2025, at the age of 110 years, 337 days. Brown was born on 26 January 1915. At 100, she remarked that her secret to...
Alfred Blaschke, the Oldest Man in Texas, Turns 109
Alfred Blaschke, the oldest known living man in Texas, USA, celebrated his 109th birthday in Georgetown on 4 January. Blaschke was born in Janesville, Wisconsin, on 4 January 1917. In 1924, his...
Ilmari Koppinen, Finland’s Oldest Man, Turns 108
Yrjö Ilmari Koppinen, the oldest living man in Finland, is celebrating his 108th birthday today in Salo, Southwest Finland, according to Iltalehti. Ilmari Koppinen was born in Rauma, Satakunta,...
Luz María Quesada García, Venezuela’s Oldest Woman, Turns 110
Luz María Quesada García, the oldest known living woman in Venezuela, celebrated her 110th birthday on 7 January. Although her actual birthday is today, her family held a celebration a day earlier...