GEORGE RENE FRANCIS, 112
Died Dec. 27,2008. America's oldest man, born June 6, 2008, in New Orleans. Lived through 19 presidents, saw Babe Ruth hit a home run, befriended Louis Armstrong, and, as a black man, lived to see the first black president elected.
Lived 4 years in the 19th century, 100 in the 20th, and 8 in the 21st.
He started smoking at age 70.
Pretty amazing life.
HERBERT HAMROL 1903-2009
Died February 4th at age 106 and one of the last survivors of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake. He had just celebrated his 106th birthday with a big bash at a local steakhouse. Smoked cigars into his nineties and told everyone that his secret to long life was "wild women and good liquor."
He was a regular at commemorations of the quake and would tell how he escaped in his mother's arms. "She carried me in her left arm and used her right hand to grab the stair rail." Since he was so young, that was all he remembered.
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