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Oldest man dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Jiroemon Kimura, who died of natural causes as the age of 116 at a hospital in Kyoto Prefecture on June 12, 2013. The Japanese man had been recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest living person and longest-lived man in history.

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Japanese man becomes world's oldest living person

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in Kyotango, Kyoto Prefecture, on April 19, 2012, shows Jiroemon Kimura. Kimura, a 115-year-old Japanese man born on April 19, 1897, has become the oldest living person in the world after an American woman, also 115, passed away on Dec. 17, 2012, according to the Guinness Book of Records.

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World's oldest man celebrates 115th birthday

KYOTO, Japan - Jiroemon Kimura, the world's oldest man and the oldest person in Japan, holds his 11-month-old great-great-grandson Akikazu Oda on his lap at his home in Kyotango, Kyoto Prefecture, on April 19, 2012, his 115th birthday. Kimura lives with his eldest son's 83-year-old wife and the 59-year-old wife of his grandchild. He has 14 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren and 13 great-great-grandchildren.

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Japan's oldest man celebrates 113th birthday

KYOTO, Japan - Jiroemon Kimura, the oldest man in Japan, is presented with a cake to celebrate his 113th birthday at his home in Kyotango, Kyoto Prefecture, on April 19, 2010. Kimura said it may be difficult to live until 120, the record for a Japanese man, but it is ''worth taking on a challenge.''

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World's oldest man celebrates 115th birthday

KYOTO, Japan - Jiroemon Kimura, the world's oldest man and the oldest person in Japan, holds his 11-month-old great-great-grandson Akikazu Oda on his lap at his home in Kyotango, Kyoto Prefecture, on April 19, 2012, his 115th birthday. Kimura lives with his eldest son's 83-year-old wife and the 59-year-old wife of his grandchild. He has 14 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren and 13 great-great-grandchildren. (Kyodo)

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Japan's oldest man celebrates 113th birthday

KYOTO, Japan - Jiroemon Kimura, the oldest man in Japan, is presented with a cake to celebrate his 113th birthday at his home in Kyotango, Kyoto Prefecture, on April 19, 2010. Kimura said it may be difficult to live until 120, the record for a Japanese man, but it is ''worth taking on a challenge.'' (Kyodo)