世界上官方（记录）最长寿的人在英国去世，享年112岁

世界上官方（记录）最长寿的人在英国去世，享年112岁

The world's oldest man, according to the Guinness World Records, has died from cancer in Britain at the age of 112, his family confirmed on Thursday.

据《吉尼斯世界纪录》记载，世界上最长寿的人因癌症在英国去世，享年112岁，他的家人周四证实了这一消息。

Bob Weighton, a former teacher and engineer from the central English county Hampshire, died "peacefully" in his sleep at home on Thursday morning, they said.

他们说，英国中部汉普郡的一名教师兼工程师鲍勃·威特森周四上午在家中的睡梦中“安详地”去世。

Weighton took up the title of the oldest man in the world in February after the death of the previous holder, Chitetsu Watanabe of Japan.

今年2月，在前世界最长寿男性、日本人渡边捷光去世后，威特森获得了世界最长寿男性的称号。

"With great sadness, the Weighton family announces the death of our beloved Bob Weighton," relatives said in a statement to Britain's domestic Press Association newswire.

“怀着极大的悲伤，威特森家族宣布我们深爱的鲍勃·威特森的去世，”亲属们在英国国内新闻通讯社的一份声明中说。

"A role model to us all, he lived his life interested in and engaged with all kinds of people from across the world.

“他是我们所有人的榜样，他一生都对来自世界各地的各种人感兴趣，并与之交往。

"He had many, many friendships and read and talked politics, theology, ecology and more, right up until his death.

“他有很多很多的朋友，阅读和谈论政治、神学、生态学等等，直到他去世。

"He also cared greatly for the environment."

“他也非常关心环境。”

The family said they were grateful that Weighton had remained witty, kind, knowledgeable and a conversationalist "until the very end".

威特森的家人表示，他们很感激威特森“直到生命的最后一刻”都保持着机智、善良、博学和健谈的品质。

Weighton was born in Yorkshire in northern England on March 29, 1908 and was one of seven children.

威特森于1908年3月29日出生在英格兰北部的约克郡，是七个孩子中的一个。

He was recognized as the oldest man in the world after Guinness World Records' senior gerontology consultant, Robert Young, scrutinized the evidence of his birth following Watanabe's death earlier this year.

他被认为是世界上最长寿的人，因为在今年早些时候渡边去世后，吉尼斯世界纪录的老年病学高级顾问罗伯特·杨仔细检查了他出生的证据。

South African Fredie Blom claims to have celebrated his 116th birthday this month, but his age has not yet been verified by the records body.

南非人弗雷迪·布卢姆声称本月他已经庆祝了116岁生日，但是他的年龄还没有得到吉尼斯世界纪录机构的证实。