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\"I am very pleased that I've been able to live so long and make so many friends,\" Weighton said in a statement. \"I never expected to be [a record holder]. I take life as it comes.\"

Weighton received the record title after Chitetsu Watanabe of Japan died Feb. 23 at 112 years and 355 day old.

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PHOTO: Bob Weighton, world's oldest man celebrates his 112th birthday, March 8, 2020.
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In 1937, Weighton married his wife Agnes. The couple had three children together. Currently, Weighton has 10 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren.

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