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Walter Breuning. Walter Breuning (September 21, 1896 – April 14, 2011) was an American supercentenarian who lived for 114 years and 205 days and was, at the time of his death, the oldest living man in the world and the third-oldest verified man ever, behind Christian Mortensen and Emiliano Mercado del Toro. As of 2024, he is the fifth-oldest man.
Great Falls resident Walter Breuning was the world's oldest man until his death on April 14, 2011 at the age of 114. When he sat down with William Marcus (Ba...
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Apr 15, 2011 · Walter Breuning was old enough to remember his grandfather recounting his part in the slaughter of the American Civil War, during the 1860s. In his final years in Montana, he was passionate about ...
Apr 15, 2011 · Walter Breuning, who lived through 111 years of American history, passed away in 2011 at a hospital in Great Falls, Montana. He shared his memories of the Civil War, the Roaring `20s, the Great Depression and World War II in interviews with CBS News.
Born in 1896, Walter Breuning's life story pretty much encapsulates the rise of modern America. Breuning, who died on Thursday at 114, lived in Montana and was just 26 days younger than Besse ...
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Apr 15, 2011 · Walter Breuning was born Sept. 21, 1896, in Melrose, Minn., and spent his early years in De Smet, S.D. That first decade of the 1900s was literally a dark age for his family.
Apr 14, 2011 · Walter Breuning was 114, making him the oldest man and the second-oldest person in the world. Breuning was born on Sept. 21, 1896, in Melrose, Minn., and moved to Montana in 1918.
