Andre Boite

Andre Boite

Andre Boite at age 100.

Unvalidated

Andre Boite [French: André] (born 6 December 1910) is a French supercentenarian whose age is currently unvalidated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). He is currently the second-oldest known living man of France, after Marcel Meys.

Biography

Andre Boite was born in Argent-sur-Sauldre, Cher, Centre-Val de Loire, France on 6 December 1910. He was a deportee during World War II. He married Yvette on his 41th birthday, in Bougarez (Algeria, then French Algeria). Yvette died in 2017 at the age of 95.

At the age of 108, Boite could reportedly still walk in his flat with the help of a walker. In December 2020, he celebrated his 110th birthday.

Following the death of Olga Covili on 11 January 2021, he became the oldest living person in Alpes-Maritimes. Following the death of Jules Theobald on 5 October 2021, he became the second-oldest known living man of France.

Andre Boite currently lives in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France, at the age of 113 years, 134 days. He is currently the second-oldest known living person in Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, behind Lucile Randon.

References

• André Boite Les Centenaires Français, 6 December 2017
• André Boite a bien eu 108 ans Les Centenaires Français, 12 December 2018
• Après la disparition de Maryse Lancioni, voici le nouveau doyen des Alpes-Maritimes Nice-Matin, 9 September 2019
• Un Villefranchois nouveau doyen ? PressReader (Nice-Matin), 10 September 2019
• André Boite toujours vaillant Les Centenaires Français, 18 December 2019
• André Boite 21e supercentenaire français masculin ! Les Centenaires Français, 9 December 2020
• Beaucoup d’émotion en partageant un moment de la journée d’anniversaire du doyen de Nice André Boite Christian Estrosi, 7 December 2021