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Basilio Gonzalez
Basilio Gonzalez Benitez
Basilio Gonzalez on his 107th birthday in 2020.
Birth: 13 June 1913
Itapua Department, Paraguay
Death: 22 July 2022
San Isidro, Coronel Bogado, Itapua Department, Paraguay
Age: 109 years, 39 days
Country: ParaguayPAR
Centenarian

Basilio Gonzalez (13 June 1913 – 22 July 2022) was a Paraguayan centenarian who was the oldest known living man and person in Paraguay at the time of his death. He was also one of last known veterans of the Chaco War.

Biography[]

Basilio Gonzalez was born in Paraguay on 13 June 1913. He became the oldest known living man in Paraguay upon the death of 110-year-old Lorenzo Achar Valenzuela on 5 September 2020. Following the death of 109-year-old Sixta Cabanas on 19 June 2022, he became the oldest known living person in Paraguay.

Basilio Gonzalez died in Community of San Isidro, Coronel Bogado, Itapua Department, Paraguay on 22 July 2022 at the age of 109 years, 39 days. Following his death, then 107-year-old Virgilio Davalos became the oldest known living man in Paraguay.

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