Robert Weighton, the world's oldest man, died on Thursday at the age of 112, his family confirmed in a statement.
Weighton, a former engineer and teacher from Hampshire in southern England, had cancer and died peacefully in his sleep at his own home, where he lived independently up until his death, his family said in a statement to the UK's PA Media news agency.
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