Walter C. Richardson 1885 1998) was an American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 supercentenarian

Supercentenarian

A supercentenarian is someone who has reached the age of 110 years. This age is achieved by about one in a thousand centenarians....

. He was the last known surviving man who was born in 1885. He became the world's oldest verified man on 17 July 1998, upon the death of 113-year-old Johnson Parks at the age of 112 years, 252 days, until his own death on Christmas Day, 25 December 1998, at the age of 113 years, 48 days. His was the oldest living man for 161 days and upon his death, Denzo Ishizaki of Japan became the oldest man. He was also the oldest living man in the United States during that period of time.

Longevity records

• On July 17, 1998, Richardson aged 112 years 252 days, became the oldest verified living man upon the death of Johnson Parks.
• On November 7, 1998, Richardson aged 113 years, 0 days, became the 3rd man ever to reach the age of 113, preceded only by 115-year-old Christian Mortensen
  Christian Mortensen
  Thomas Peter Thorvald Kristian Ferdinand Mortensen , known as an adult as Christian Mortensen, was a Danish supercentenarian. At the time of his death he was 115 years and 252 days old—the longest fully authenticated lifespan of any male in history...
  
   and the oldest man who preceded him, Johnson Parks, Frederick Frazier, and now disputed Matthew Beard
  Matthew Beard
  Matthew Beard may refer to:*Matthew Beard , American child actor best known as "Stymie" in the Our Gang comedies*Matthew Beard , English actor...
  
  , although he was surpassed by others later.
• On December 25, 1998, Richardson died at age 113 years 48 days as the oldest undisputed man in the United States and the world, as well as the 3rd oldest undisputed man ever. He still ranks among the top 15 oldest man today.

See also

• List of supercentenarians from the United States
• List of the verified oldest men
• List of the verified oldest people
• List of oldest people by nation
• Oldest people
  Oldest people
  This is a list of tables of the verified oldest people in the world in ordinal rank, such as oldest person or oldest man. In these tables, a supercentenarian is considered 'verified' if his or her claim has been validated by an international body that specifically deals in longevity research, such...
  
  

External links

• http://www.supercentenarian.com/male-records.html
• http://sourceryforge.org/index.php/Supercentenarian
• http://neohumanism.org/s/su/supercentenarian.html
• http://nealirc.org/Gerontology/OldestMan.html