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Li Zhuan
Li Zhuan
Birth: January 1907
Putian, Fujian, Qing dynasty (China)
Death: 22 July 2019
Hougang, Singapore
Age: 112 years, 173-203 days
Country: ChinaCHNSingaporeSGP
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Li Zhuan [Chinese: 李竹菴] (also romanised as Lee Teck Anm; January 1907 – 22 July 2019) was a Chinese-born Singaporean pharmacist, businessman, philanthropist, and supercentenarian.

Biography[]

Li Zhuan was born in January 1907 in Putian, Fujian, Qing dynasty (China). His grandfather and father were both scholars. When he was a child, he studied ancient books in his father's private school for many years.

At the age of 18, Li followed his two elder brothers who were doctors and left their hometowns to study medicine in Singapore. After successful training in medicine, he and his elder brother opened Yishoutang Pharmacy on Quinn Street, and began to take the pulse of patients as TCM doctors. However, he did not follow fully in the path of traditional Chinese medicine, because he was also very interested in business. He worked in construction, real estate, the hotel industry, insurance, and organized a bus company. Throughout his life, he married twice, and had 14 children between both marriages.

One of his favorite pastimes was playing mahjong, and reportedly could play the game for more than 10 hours in a row, from the afternoon until 2 am. At the age of 95, Li Zhuan broke his thigh due to osteoporosis, which impacted his mobility from then on. In January 2006, he turned his birthday party into a fundraiser for Hong Wen School and Thong Chai Medical Association. As a centenarian, his hearing worsened, but his eyesight, memory, and overall health remained strong.

One of his sons, Li Quingchuan [Chinese: 李慶傳], was also a successful businessman who owned a hotel business in Singapore until his death in 2018 at the age of 86. At the time, the then-111 year old Zhuan was reported to still be lucid and in good health.

Li Zhuan died in Hougang, Singapore, on 22 July 2019, at the age of 112 years, 173-203 days. He had been hospitalized for the final month of his life due to difficulty breathing and eating. At the time of his death, he was survived by his children, 53 grandchildren, 87 great-grandchildren, and 14 great-great-grandchildren.

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