World's oldest man, Spaniard Saturnino de la Fuente, dies at 112

Saturnino de la Fuente, described by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest man. Photo / Twitter / Guinness World Records

Saturnino de la Fuente, a Spaniard described by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest man, died Tuesday at the age of 112, the records agency said.

De la Fuente died at home in León, a city in northwest Spain, the state-owned news agency EFE said.

Guinness World Records named De la Fuente as the world's oldest man last September and confirmed his death on Tuesday. He was born in the Puente Castro neighbourhood of León on Feb. 11, 1909.

De la Fuente was a cobbler by trade and started working in a shoe factory at age 13.

He survived the Spanish flu pandemic that broke out in 1918 and with his wife Antonina had eight children, followed by 14 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren. He was to be buried Wednesday at a local cemetery.