112-year old former shepherd, Antonio Todde, died overnight on the Italian island of Sardinia, his relatives said. He would have turned 113 on January 22. At the time of his death, Todde was the world’s oldest living man:

Todde, who lived on a simple diet of pasta, vegetable soup and the occasional steak, had said that the secret to his longevity was the odd tipple.

‘Just love your brother and drink a good glass of red wine every day,’ he was quoted as saying when he celebrated his birthday last year.

‘You take one day after the other, you just go on.’ [from Reuters]

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