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Lich Nguyen
Birth: 4 December 1876?
Vietnam
Death: 15 December 1998
USA
Age: 122 years, 11 days?
Country: VietnamVIEUnited StatesUSA
Longevity claimant

Lich Nguyen (4 December 1876? - 15 December 1998) was a Vietnamese-born American longevity claimant who claimed to have been the world's oldest living man, as well as the world's oldest living person, at the time of his death. If his claimed age were validated, he would have been the oldest living man from the death of Alphaeus Philemon Cole on 25 November 1988, as well as the oldest living person from the death of Jeanne Calment on 4 August 1997, until his own death on 15 December 1998.

Biography[]

Lich Nguyen was allegedly born in Vietnam on 4 December 1876. Later he emigrated to the United States. Lich Nguyen passed away in the United States on 15 December 1998 at the claimed age of 122 years, 11 days[1].

References[]

  1. World's Oldest Claimants Gerontology Research Group
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