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Sep 26, 2019 · Anthony Mancinelli was born on March 2, 1911, near Naples, Italy, and emigrated to the United States with his family when he was 8, joining relatives in Newburgh, just north of New Windsor. He ...
Sep 27, 2019 · Mancinelli’s wife passed away 15 years ago, and his other son died 36 years ago, Robert Mancinelli said. The barber continued to cut hair for his other relatives.
- Monica Haider
Five years later, Mancinelli wed Carmella Vetrano, a local girl; the two were happily married for 69 years until she passed away in 2004. In more than nine decades of barbering, Mancinelli recalls just one celebrity patronizing his shop: actor Ben Gazzara.
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Anthony "Tony" Mancinelli Sr. (2 March 1911 – 19 September 2019) was an Italian-born American centenarian who gained recognition towards the end of his life as the world's oldest barber.
Anthony Mancinelli was born in Montemilone, Basilicata, Italy on 2 March 1911. He emigrated as a child, with his family, to New York in 1919 and started his career as a barber at about 12 years, and then opened a personal activity at the age of 19. He married Carmella Vetrano on 2 June 1935. The couple had one son. He was widowed in 2004. He served in World War II and was honorably discharged in 1945.
Mancinelli was named the "World's Oldest Barber" by Guinness World Records at the age of 96. At the time of his 108th birthday in March 2019, he was still performing his services as a barber, working for about eight hours a day, five days a week.
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Feb 13, 2019 · This 108-Year-Old Man Is the World's Oldest Working Barber. Meet Anthony Mancinelli, who has cut hair for the last 96 years. But for him, it’s all in a day’s work. February 13, 2019 | By Jonathan Ortiz. Photo by Francois Deschamps.
- Jonathan Ortiz
Anthony was married for 69-years, until his wife passed away 14-years ago. Each morning before work, he visits her grave stone, as his love for her continues. The couple was blessed with two sons.
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Sep 4, 2019 · Mancinelli ran his own business — Anthony’s Barber Shop — for 40 years in Newburgh, N.Y., before switching to his current chair at Fantastic Cuts. He’s a WWII-era veteran, and was married for 69 years.
