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Subject: Shigechio Izumi dead
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Date: Sat, 22-Feb-86 19:38:52 EST
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Posted: Sat Feb 22 19:38:52 1986
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	Tokyo, Feb. 22, 1985 (UPI) - Shigechio Izumi, at 120 the oldest known
man in the world, died yesterday of heart failure.
	Born on June 29, 1865, Izumi lived a simple life as a small farmer on
Tokunoshima and attributed his good health to sipping a daily glass of shochu,
a liquor made from unrefined sugar, and to frequent walks.
	The 120-year-old Japanese farmer quit smoking at 116 but said he would
rather die than give up drinking. Izumi, a bald and frail-looking man with a
wispy white beard, died at his home in Asan on the southern coral island of
Tokunoshima, where he was born.

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				Craig Werner
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