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Karel Kasparek
Karel Kasparek
Kasparek at the age of 106.
Birth: 21 December 1905
Hradec Kralove Region, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic)
Death: 4 August 2013
Náchod, Hradec Kralove Region, Czech Republic
Age: 107 years, 226 days
Country: Czech RepublicCZE
Centenarian

Karel Kasparek [Czech: Karel Kašpárek] (21 December 1905 – 4 August 2013) was a Czech centenarian who was the oldest living man in the Czech Republic at the time of his death.

Biography[]

Karel Kasparek was born in Náchod, Hradec Kralove Region, Austria-Hungary (present-day Czech Republic) on 21 December 1905. With his wife, he raised one son. He worked as a carpenter until he was 90 years old.

He became the oldest living man in the Czech Republic, following the death of 106-year old Gabriel Miksa on 26 January 2011.

Karel Kasparek died in Náchod, Hradec Kralove Region, Czech Republic on 4 August 2013 at the age of 107 years, 226 days. Following his death, then 106-year-old Jan Nitka became the oldest living man in the Czech Republic.

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Czech Republic's Oldest Living Man Titleholders (VE)

Ludvik PetrujAlois VocasekJulius KubelkaStanislav VeceraDusan KalokJosef FlanderaGabriel MiksaKarel KasparekJan NitkaStanislav SpacilMartin KahunCenek PetrikJiri Vysoudil • Anonymous • Anonymous • Jan GomolaEduard MarekKarel Lavacek • Anonymous

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