Clarence Matthews

Clarence Matthews
Birth:	1 May 1906 Oakland, California, USA
Death:	22 July 2017 Indian Wells, California, USA
Age:	111 years, 82 days
Country:	USA
Validated

Clarence Francis "Larry" Matthews (1 May 1906 – 22 July 2017) was an American supercentenarian who was the oldest known living man in the United States at the time of his death. His age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) and LongeviQuest (LQ).

Biography

Matthews was born in Oakland, California, USA, on 1 May 1906. He was the son of Frank and Maryanne Matthews. He married Barbara Hischier in Oakland on 9 June 1931, and they had two children. After Barbara died, Matthews married his second wife, Kay, whom he also outlived.

Matthews became the oldest known living man in the United States following the death of Frank Levingston on 3 May 2016. He died in Indian Wells, California, USA, on 22 July 2017 at the age of 111 years, 82 days. Following his death, Richard Overton became the oldest known living man in the United States. His age was validated by LongeviQuest on 20 March 2023.

Gallery

As an adult

In the 1990s

References

• Clarence Matthews LongeviQuest
• CLARENCE “LARRY” MATTHEWS – 108 YEARS YOUNG! City of Indian Wells, April 2015
• Advice from Indian Wells man at 110: 'Keep breathing' Desert Sun, 28 April 2016
• Valley Resident and Oldest Man in America Dies at 111 KMIR, 23 July 2017

United States' Oldest Living Man Titleholders (V • E)

James Smith • James Hard • William Kiney • Wayland Newell • Daniel Cummings • Teofil Chudzinski • Robert Early • Sylvester Melvin • William Smith • James King • Ollie Stewart • John Chaney • William Lamb • John Johnson • Theophilus May • Orin Akers • Isaac Edwards • James Holt • Charlie Nelson • Charlie Phillips • Zachariah Blackistone • James Nash • Walter Wilcox • Gregory Pandazes • Benjamin Garner • Randolph Davis • Joe Thomas • Alphaeus Philemon Cole • Alton Gilbert • Oscar Dubois • Robert Freeman • Frederick Frazier • Park Heard • Christian Mortensen • Donald Butler • Edward Graves • John Painter • John McMorran • Fred Hale • Earl Brush • Moses Hardy • Thomas Nelson • Antonio Pierro • George Francis • Walter Breuning • Shelby Harris • Salustiano Sanchez • Ernest Peronneau • Alexander Imich • Conrad Johnson • James Richardson • Wash Wesley • Felix Simoneaux • Frank Levingston • Clarence Matthews • Richard Overton • Henry Tseng • CP Crawford • Irving Piken • Lawrence Brooks • Ezra Hill • Raymond Monroy • Erasto Alvarado Nunez • Herbert Wolding • Otis Randall • Horace Baumer • Morrie Markoff • Vincent Dransfield • Eugene Baltes • Luis Cano

California's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • E)

Fannie Thomas • Mary Phil Cota • Walter Wilcox • Gregory Pandazes • Mary McKinney • Bertha Blair • Unknown • Zoe Hiehle • Katherine Jones • Amy Harris • Miriam Carpelan • Christian Mortensen • Frances Johns • Clara Huhn • Adelina Domingues • Mary Christian • Emma Taylor • Elma Corning • Margaret Russell • Marion Higgins • Gertrude Baines • Soledad Mexia • Opal Thompson • Dominga Velasco • Florence Boggs • Clarence Matthews • Minnie Whicker • Lucy Mirigian • Mila Mangold • Edie Ceccarelli • Ilse Meingast