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'World's Oldest' Man Dies at 130 Years
Emirates 24/7 ^ | Monday, January 13, 2014

Posted on 01/13/2014 4:07:35 PM PST by nickcarraway

Mubarak of Algeria claimed to have witnessed the two World Wars, and has 100 grandchildren

An Algerian man believed to be the world’s oldest person died at the age of 130 years in hospital in the North African Arab country after he was admitted two years ago for the first time in his life, newspapers reported on Monday.

Mubarak Rahmani was born in 1884 in a desert village near the border with Libya and he had spent most of his life as a shepherd to support three wives.

Doctors, quoted by local newspapers, said Rahmani fell ill two years ago and was admitted to hospital for the first time in his life.

“He was bed ridden in hospital for nearly two years. He died on Saturday,” a doctor said, quoted by Algerian newspapers.

Rahmani’s favourite food included fresh milk and other dairy products, wheat flour, date, red and green tea. He was known in his town as “uncle Mubarak.”


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; History; Local News
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To: House Atreides
How do you say BS in Arabic?

I'm not buying it either. I'm guessing he has no birth certificate and they got 130 years old because that's how old he said he was when they asked him.

41 posted on 01/13/2014 4:46:31 PM PST by Drew68
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To: nickcarraway; SortaBichy
One of his earlier brides....

(....too bad the old hag finally croaked - she added some hoots to the threads around here.)

42 posted on 01/13/2014 4:49:39 PM PST by ErnBatavia (The 0baMao Experiment: Abject Failure)
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To: jjsheridan5
Actually, if he really was born in 1884, he would have been 30 years old when WWI broke out, so he would not have been too old to serve. My grandfather who was born in 1884 had to register for the draft (I have his draft card) but wasn't called in.

I doubt this man was really born in 1884--most claims like this seem to come from places where record keeping was inadequate or non-existent. It's not likely he was born in a hospital.

43 posted on 01/13/2014 4:51:05 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: Drew68

Once you’ve reached a hundred, who cares about how many after that? Since the guy wasn’t pining for a trophy or cash buyout, I’m gonna believe him........


44 posted on 01/13/2014 4:52:53 PM PST by Hot Tabasco (Miss Muffit suffered from arachnophobia.....)
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To: umgud

Being in the hospital.


45 posted on 01/13/2014 4:54:28 PM PST by presently no screen name
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To: nickcarraway

” Rahmani fell ill two years ago and was admitted to hospital for the first time in his life.”

That was his first mistake.


46 posted on 01/13/2014 4:59:16 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: nickcarraway
The verified oldest man ever was a guy who lived to the age of 116.

Sorry Old Algerian Guy.

47 posted on 01/13/2014 5:11:32 PM PST by FreeReign
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To: nickcarraway

Not buying it. Nope.


48 posted on 01/13/2014 5:12:16 PM PST by KevinB (Barack Hussein Obama: Proof-positive that affirmative action does not work.)
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To: nickcarraway

Who cares if he was 100, 120, 130 or even 90? Either way he is OLD.

Pay attention people, he said he drank “fresh milk”, aka non-pasteurized and “other dairy products”. That Indian guy who was 90+ and whose wife just had a baby also said he drank fresh milk and dairy products, aka NON-pasteurized.

Obviously these guys know something that the rest of the world is missing.

Maybe its all in the milk!
(montag’s wife)


49 posted on 01/13/2014 5:26:24 PM PST by montag813
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To: nickcarraway

lol

that man is not even close to 100 much less 130!

anyone who believes he was 130 is an idiot


50 posted on 01/13/2014 5:31:14 PM PST by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama lied .. the economy died.)
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To: nickcarraway
Doctors, quoted by local newspapers, said Rahmani fell ill two years ago and was admitted to hospital for the first time in his life.

And that was his first mistake!

51 posted on 01/13/2014 5:31:19 PM PST by TigersEye (Stupid is a Progressive disease.)
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To: umgud

Tainted milk.


52 posted on 01/13/2014 5:38:48 PM PST by 353FMG
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To: rarestia

I think the record keepers made a mistake. My great aunt lived to be almost 116, she died in about 1996. I believe the record keepers in her town but I have my doubts about this guy.


53 posted on 01/13/2014 6:23:20 PM PST by Ditter
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To: rarestia

Doctors HATE him!


54 posted on 01/13/2014 7:09:17 PM PST by Epsdude
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To: rarestia

About 15 years ago, an Italian woman died at age 126. She rode a bicycle until she was about 115 (went blind). When asked about her secret to longevity, she said she drank about a cup of olive oil per day, and drank lots of red wine. I forget if she ate any food or not.


55 posted on 01/13/2014 7:29:42 PM PST by SisterK (behold a pale horse)
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To: SamAdams76

Plus, an agrarian lifestyle. A shepherd.
I’m thinking about getting small sheep because I am tired of cutting grass.


56 posted on 01/13/2014 7:33:19 PM PST by SisterK (behold a pale horse)
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To: SisterK

As you age, your body needs fewer calories. The more you eat, the harder your body has to work to digest what you ate. Free radicals are spawned as a result of metabolic processes. The less you eat, the less your body has to work. In a way, retirement should be not just retirement from work but from eating as well, if you can hack that.

My grandfather still has a glass of wine a day, swims laps in his community pool, but he eats very little. Coffee and toast in the morning, a light salad for lunch, and he often doesn’t even eat dinner. He’s 82 but appears no older than 65. I pray I live to the same age.


57 posted on 01/14/2014 5:14:16 AM PST by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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To: rarestia

Makes sense. I know young people who fast whenever they have a cold because the work of digesting food slows them down.


58 posted on 01/14/2014 1:23:40 PM PST by SisterK (behold a pale horse)
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