Arturo Licata
Supercentenarian data for Italy
- Full name: Arturo Licata
- Lifespan: (02.05.1902 – 24.04.2014)
- Age: 111 years, 357 days
- Birthplace: Italy
- Last residence: Italy
- Application date: 10.05.2012
- Validation date: 17.11.2012
- Validation source: Paolo Scarabaggio
Biography
Arturo Licata was born in Enna on the island of Sicily, Italy on 2 May 1902 (he claimed to have been born on 28 April 1902) and had three brothers and two sisters. He, at the age of nine, began to work at mines; he later served in the Italian military. When he was young, he walked 22 kilometers every day, due to the lack of cars in his area.
He worked as a miner in dangerous working conditions. His career lasted 60 years. He married a woman named Rosa and had seven children: four boys and three girls. Licata also had eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. His wife Rosa died in 1980. When he was 85, he got blinded in one eye in a motorbike accident.
Aside from poor hearing and eyesight, he remained in good health until May 2013, when his health began to decline.
On 13 September 2013, following the death of 112-year-old Salustiano Sanchez of the USA, he became the oldest validated living man in the world.
Arturo Licata died in Enna, Sicily, Italy on 24 April 2014 at the age of 111 years, 357 days, just eight days before his 112th birthday. Following his death, then 111-year-old Alexander Imich became the oldest validated living man in the world.
Validation
Her age was verified by Paolo Scarabaggio, and validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) on 17 November 2012.