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Hasan Coric
Hasan Coric
Birth: 17 July 1916
Orašje Planje, Zenica-Doboj Canton, Austria-Hungary (now Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Death: 21 July 2020
Mokušnice, Zenica, Zenica-Doboj Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Age: 104 years, 4 days
Country: Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIH
Centenarian

Hasan Coric [Bosnian: Hasan Ćorić, Bosnian Cyrillic: Хасан Ћорић] (17 July 1916 – 21 July 2020) was a Bosnian centenarian who was the oldest known living man in Bosnia and Herzegovina at the time of his death.

Biography[]

Hasan Ćorić was born in the village of Orašje Planje, Zenica-Doboj Canton, Austria-Hungary (now Bosnia and Herzegovina), on 17 July 1916. At some point, he married and had children. In 1947, he moved to Zenica where he got a job in a hospital as an X-ray technician. He worked for many years in Sarajevo, but he retired in Zenica.

On 22 July 2019, following the death of 103-year-old Mujo Dedić, he became the oldest known living man in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Hasan Ćorić died in Mokušnice, Zenica, Zenica-Doboj Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on 21 July 2020, at the age of 104 years, 4 days. Following his death, then 103-year-old Ivan Skaramuca became the oldest known living man in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Bosnia and Herzegovina's Oldest Living Man Titleholders (VE)

Sava BjelicaOsman AlajbegovicJovan JovanovicDragoljub Galic • Halil SarajlicMujo DedicHasan CoricIvan SkaramucaMijo MartinovicMustafa DzaficDjordjo OstovicMilovan Grbic