A South African thought to be the world's oldest man has died aged 116.
Fredie Blom was born in Eastern Cape in May 1904, according to identity documents - although, his claim was never officially verified by the Guinness World Records.
Blom said that while he was a teen, he saw his entire family killed by the Spanish flu, but he not only managed to survive the 1918 pandemic, but go on to live through two World Wars and apartheid.
He spent most of his life working as a labourer, on a farm before moving into the construction industry. Incredibly, he didn't retire until he was in 80s.
Speaking to the BBC in 2018, Blom said there was no secret to his long life and admitted that he was even a regular smoker throughout his life.
