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DATE: MONDAY, June 11, 1990                   TAG: 9006110253
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A/8   EDITION: EVENING 
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DATELINE: LONDON                                LENGTH: Short

MAN REGARDED AS OLDEST DIES AT 112

A retired Welsh coal miner who was considered the world's oldest man has died in his sleep at age 112, his daughter-in-law says.

John Evans had firmly believed that his longevity was due to not drinking, smoking, swearing or gambling.

Betty Evans said her father-in-law died early Sunday in a chair beside his bed at his cottage in Forest-fach, near Swansea, Wales, after feeling "a little unwell" for a few days.

- Associated Press 


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