Mbah Gotho

Mbah Gotho
Born Sodimejo
(1870-12-31)31 December 1870
(age 145 years, 342 days)
Indonesia
Nationality Indonesian
Known for Claimed oldest living person
This is an Indonesian name; it does not have a family name.

Saparman Sodimejo,[1][2] known more commonly as Mbah Gotho (born, reportedly, 31 December 1870) is an Indonesian man who is claimed to be the oldest person ever recorded. In May 2010, Solopos reported that enumerators of that year's census had recorded his age next birthday as 142,[3] which would make him 19 years older than the official oldest recorded person, Jeanne Calment, who died in 1997.[1][2] The Liputan 6 website reported that Mbah Gotho's estimated age was 140, that he could not remember his date of birth but claimed to remember the construction of a sugar factory built in Sragen in 1880.[4]

In August 2016, after a television report on Liputan 6, numerous international media outlets reported Mbah Gotho's claim,[5][6][7][8] including photographs of his ID card (issued in 2014), which displays his claimed birth date. Although Indonesian officials at the local record office confirm the birth date[9] there is no independent, third-party verification of his claimed age, which is required for the longevity claim to be recognized by record authorities such as Guinness World Records.[5][6] Robert Young of the Gerontology Research Group said the claimed age was "fiction", "unbelievable" and "in the same category as Sasquatch ["Bigfoot"], the Yeti, and the Loch Ness Monster."[10] The 2010 Liputan 6 story noted others of a similar claimed age including a woman named Maemunah and known as Ambu Unah, supposedly born in 1867, in Cimanuk, Pandeglang Regency.[4][11]

References

  1. 1 2 Taufiq Sidik Prakoso (25 August 2014). "Inilah Mbah Gotho, Manusia Tertua Asal Sragen yang Kini Berusia 144 Tahun". Solopos (in Indonesian). Surakarta. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  2. 1 2 Abrori, Fajar (24 August 2016). "Kini Berusia 146 Tahun, Apa Rahasia Panjang Umur Mbah Gotho?" [Now 146 years old, what are Mbah Gotho's secrets of longevity?]. Liputan 6 (in Indonesian). Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  3. ↑ trh (20 May 2010). "Sodimejo, Manusia tertua di Sragen". Solopos (in Indonesian). Surakarta. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  4. 1 2 AIS (24 May 2010). "Kakek Berusia 140 Tahun Juga Ada di Sragen". Liputan 6 (in Indonesian). SCTV. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  5. 1 2 "'Longest living human' says he is ready for death at 145". The Telegraph. 27 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  6. 1 2 Piggott, Mark (27 August 2016). "145-year-old Mbah Gotho from Indonesia says he can't wait to die". International Business Times. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  7. ↑ Cain, Kathryn (26 August 2016). "Indonesian man who claims to be world's oldest person aged 145 says he can no longer stand living… and even bought his own gravestone 20 years ago". The Sun. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  8. ↑ Connor, Laura (26 August 2016). "Newly discovered 'world's oldest man' is 145-years-old but says he's ready to die". Metro. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  9. ↑ Knopf, Ehsan (28 August 2016). "Indonesian man claims to be world's oldest person at 145". Nine News. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  10. ↑ "145-year-old Indonesian man's age doubted by expert". The Nation. Thailand. Deutsche Presse-Agentur. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  11. ↑ "Kakek Karnita 140 Tahun, Nenek Unah 143". Manado Post (in Indonesian). Manado. 19 May 2010. pp. 1, 11. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
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