Juan Vicente Perez Mora, a Venezuelan man who was recognized by Guinness World Records as the oldest man in the world in 2022, passed away on Tuesday at the age of 114.
Gatekeepers News reports that the President of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, announced the sad news through X, stating that Juan Vicente Perez Mora had left this world at the age of 114.
Guinness World Records officially confirmed Perez as the world’s oldest man alive on February 4, 2022, when he was 112 years and 253 days old. He was a father of 11 children and had 41 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren, and 12 great-great-grandchildren as of 2022.
Juan Vicente Perez Mora, also known as “Tio Vicente,” was a farmer and was born in the town of El Cobre in the Andean state of Tachira on May 27, 1909. He was the ninth of ten children.
His life journey was a testament to his longevity, and he will be remembered for his remarkable achievements and contributions to his family and community.
“At the age of five years old, he started working with his dad and brothers in agriculture and assisted with sugar cane and coffee harvesting,” a Guinness statement from 2022 said.
Perez went on to become a sheriff and was responsible for resolving land and family disputes, while still working in agriculture.
