| Jaak Broekx | |
 Jaak Broekx on his 107th birthday in 2021 | |
| Birth: | 6 August 1914 Bree, Limburg, Belgium |
| Death: | 31 October 2023 Bree, Limburg, Belgium |
| Age: | 109 years, 86 days |
| Country: |  BEL
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| Centenarian | |
Henricus Petrus Jacobus "Jaak" Broekx (6 August 1914 – 31 October 2023) was a Belgian centenarian who was the oldest known living man in Belgium at the time of his death.
Biography[]
Henricus Petrus Jacobus Broekx was born in Bree, Limburg, Belgium on 6 August 1914. He had 10 siblings. He never married nor had children. After the death of his father in 1984, he lived in his farm with his mother and his sister Christine. Broekx worked as a farmer his entire life, until he reached the age of 100.
He lived with his sister Christine Broekx until her death on 14 March 2015 at the age of 97.
In October 2016, then aged 102, he was reported as the oldest known living person in Bree, Limburg. He lived alone in his farm until 2020, when he moved to the nursing home Welzijnscampus Gerkenberg.
On 16 January 2021, at the age of 106, he received the COVID-19 vaccine, making him one of the oldest known people to receive the vaccine.
He turned 107 years old on 6 August 2021. At the time, his cousin Pierre Van Hoef and his nephew and godchild Jaak Tielens were living.
He became the oldest known living man in Belgium, following the death of 107-year-old Jef Smets on 9 September 2021. At the time, he was said to be "very content with the little things in life".
Jaak Broekx died in Welzijnscampus Gerkenberg in Bree, Limburg, Belgium on 31 October 2023 at the age of 109 years, 86 days. At the time of his death, he was the oldest living person in Limburg, the oldest living man in Belgium and the second-oldest living person in Belgium, behind Fernande Courtoy. He is also the oldest man ever from the region of Limburg.
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References[]
- Honderdjarige Jaak Broekx met paard en kar naar viering Het Belang van Limburg, 19 August 2014
- Christine Broekx (19/08/1917 † 14/03/2015) Inmemoriam, 14 March 2015
- Dit is de oudste inwoner van uw gemeente Het Belang van Limburg, 25 October 2016
- Bewoners woonzorgcentrum Gerkenberg in Bree krijgen eerste vaccins Het Belang van Limburg, 16 January 2021
- Jaak Broekx werd vorige week 107 jaar! Stad Bree (Facebook), 12 August 2021
- Jaak Broekx (107) uit Beek is nu oudste man in België: “Hij is altijd heel content geweest met de kleine dingen in het leven” Het Laatste Nieuws, 10 September 2021
- Oudste man van België viert vandaag zijn 109de verjaardag: “Ze verzorgen me als een baby” Gazet van Antwerpen, 6 August 2023
- Oudste man van België Jaak Broekx (109) overleden Het Laatste Nieuws, 31 October 2023
- Oudste man van België, Jaak Broeckx uit Bree, overleden op 109-jarige leeftijd VRT, 31 October 2023
| Belgium's Oldest Living Man Titleholders (V • E) |
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Julien Sterckx • Edmond Van Cauteren • Pieter Hinnisdaels • Clement de Vos • Polydoor Vandersypt • Eugene Naniot • Cesar Dassonville • Lievin Pelfrene • Francois Rygaert • Albert de Selliers de Moranville • Dictus Bomans • Jules-Leo Neijrinck • Emiel Vanderhaegen • Petrus Van de Voorde • Jozef de Koker • Paul Henrard • Louis Marion • Georges Nevejans • Marcel Duguet • Jos de Kort • Jan Goossenaerts • Oscar Coulembier • Aime Wille • Jacques Clemens • Gustavus Leclercq • Maurice Stael • Sylvain Vallee • Jef Smets • Jaak Broekx • Albert Van Raemdonck |