Irving Piken

Irving Piken
Irving Piken on his 110th birthday in 2018
Birth:	20 December 1908 Brooklyn, New York, USA
Death:	27 February 2020 Laguna Woods, California, USA
Age:	111 years, 69 days
Country:	USA
Validated

Irving Piken (20 December 1908 – 27 February 2020) was an American supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). At the time of his death, he was the oldest known living man in the United States.

Biography

Irving Piken was born to a Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York, United States on 20 December 1908. He was a life-long Dodgers fan, having watched his first game at the age of eight. His favorite player was Jackie Robinson. Piken graduated from Brooklyn Law School in 1930 and worked as an attorney. He moved to Laguna Woods, California in 1977, where he lived for the rest of his life. He has two children, three grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.

Following the death of Lester Townsend on 22 October 2019, Irving Piken became the second-oldest known living man in the USA, and following the death of CP Crawford on 23 November 2019, he became the oldest known living man in the USA. He died on 27 February 2020 at the age of 111 years, 69 days. After his death, Lawrence Brooks became the oldest known living man in the USA.

References

• 2020 validations Gerontology Research Group
• Meet Laguna Woods Village’s Newest Supercentenarian Laguna Woods Village, 20 December 2018
• America's Oldest Living Man is a Diehard Dodgers Fan Who's Almost 20 Years Older Than Vin Scully MSN, 20 December 2019
• Death Announcement Dignity Memorial

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