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alcohol and cigarettes during lockdown to try and stop booze-related hospital admissions.He previously told how the toughest part of his country's lockdown was being unable to fulfil his birthday wish and buy tobacco to roll his own cigarettes.Fredie was the sole survivor of his family after they were all wiped out by the 1918 Spanish Flu.He was described as 'unofficially' the world's oldest man by South African media, the MailOnline reports.

The world’s oldest man has profound words for those separated from loved ones during coronavirus lockdown.

The world’s oldest man is being forced to celebrate his birthday alone in self-isolation thanks to the coronavirus outbreak.

The world's oldest man has said celebrations for his 112th birthday are a "dead loss" after they had to be cancelled because of the coronavirus outbreak.

The world's oldest man today admitted he's 'worried' about the coronavirus - but insists it's not as bad as the 1918 Spanish flu.

Life's a beach! Get the brightest stories sent to your inbox with the Daily Star newsletterThe oldest man in the world has died less than one month after scooping the impressive title.Romanian Dumitru Comanescu was 111-years-old and eight months when his death was recorded on Saturday 27 June 2020.Alexandra Dobre, the director of the Bucharest Center for Seniors in Romania, confirmed the sad news to Digi24 on Sunday.Mr Comanescu had been crowned the oldest living man on 28 May when he took the titled from British OAP Bob Weighton who died aged 112.The cause of Mr Comanescu’s death is yet to be announced.The European – who lived through both World Wars, the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918, and the rise and fall of the USSR – had credited his

A Romanian pensioner has become the world’s oldest man after Brit Bob Weighton died from cancer aged 112.

The world's oldest man has died aged 112 after a battle with cancer. 

The world's oldest man who lived through two world wars has died aged 112.