| Marcel Meys | |
 Marcel Meys in October 2021, aged 112 | |
| Birth: | 12 July 1909 Saint-Julien-de-l'Herms, Isere, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France |
| Death: | 15 December 2021 Saint-Romain-en-Gal, Rhone, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France |
| Age: | 112 years, 156 days |
| Country: |  FRA
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| Unvalidated | |
Marcel Meys (12 July 1909 – 15 December 2021) was a French supercentenarian whose age is currently unvalidated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). He was the oldest living man in France, after the death of Jules Theobald on 5 October 2021 until his death. He was also the last surviving French man born in 1909, and in the 1900s decade.
Biography
Marcel Meys was born in Saint-Julien-de-l'Herms, Isere, France on 12 July 1909. Meys remembered his father leaving to fight in the First World War in 1914 and returning later in the war.
During World War II, Meys worked as an Ambulance Driver. Later in the war, Meys helped the French Resistance by transporting supplies in his Ambulance. After the war, he continued his work as an ambulance driver before his retirement in 1967. His wife, Marthe, died in December 1998. In July 2019, he celebrated his 110th birthday.
Meys lived in Saint-Romain-en-Gal, Rhone, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France. Meys had lived in the same house since 1957. Since his centenarian years, he had lived with his daughter. As of 2021, he had one grandchild and one great-grandchild.
Following the death of Roger Auvin on 13 October 2019, Meys became the oldest man in metropolitan France (as Jules Theobald lived in the overseas department of Martinique). He became the oldest living person in Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes following the death of Marie-Louise Taterode on 3 September 2020.
On 29 May 2021 at the age of 111 years, 321 days, he surpassed the age of Maurice Floquet as the second-oldest French man ever and the oldest man ever from metropolitan France.
According to the French forum, Les Grands Centenaires Francais, Meys experienced a small heart problem around the time of his 112th birthday which required medication. At the time of his 112th birthday, he only walked with his walker and out of necessity only.
Following the death of Jules Theobald on 5 October 2021, Marcel Meys became the oldest living man in France.
Meys died a few days after testing positive for COVID-19 in Saint-Romain-en-Gal, Rhone, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France on 15 December 2021 at the age of 112 years, 156 days. At the time of his death, he was the second-oldest living man in Europe, behind Saturnino de la Fuente Garcia.
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References
- Preuves de vie sur les personnes de 110 ans et plus
- Il a 110 ans : qui est Marcel Meys, le nouveau doyen des Français ?
- Marcel Meys, probable nouveau doyen des Français, a 110 ans
- Marcel Meys, habitant de Saint-Romain-en-Gal, est le nouveau doyen des Français
- 111th birthday LES GRANDS CENTENAIRES FRANÇAIS
- 111th birthday
- Voilà déjà neuf jours que Monsieur Meys a franchi l'extraordinaire cap des 112 ans LES GRANDS CENTENAIRES FRANCAIS, 21 July 2021
- L’Isérois Marcel Meys nouveau doyen des Français Le Dauphine, 5 October 2021
- Marcel Meys, 112 ans : « Être le doyen des Français, ça touche » Le Dauphine, 6 October 2021
- Saint-Romain-en-Gal : avec Marcel Meys, le nouveau doyen des Français Le Dauphine, 6 October 2021
- Isère : Marcel Meys, le doyen des Français, est décédé à 112 ans France Bleu, 15 December 2021
- Marcel Meys, le doyen des Français, est mort à l'âge de 112 ans Le Figaro, 15 December 2021
| France's Oldest Living Man Titleholders (V • E) |
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Jean Teillet • Louis-Jules Lebon • Unknown • Pierre James • Adolphe Gravelines • Henri Perignon • Faustin Jaumard • Louis Brard • Andre Raynaud • Emile Fourcade • Bernard Delhom • Louis Arthur Bon • Leon-Clement Estivals • Jules Many • Theophane Rifosta • Alexis Daigneau • Raymond Abescat • Joseph Rabenda • Jean Chevenet • Maurice Floquet • Aime Avignon • Louis de Cazenave • Lazare Ponticelli • Pierre Picault • Joseph Malahieude • Felix Rostaing • Philibert Parnasse • Charles De Antoni • Andre Coudrat • Louis Le Bouedec • Emile Turlant • Philippe Vocanson • Roger Gouzy • Robert Bourdon • Georges Massard • Roger Auvin • Jules Theobald • Marcel Meys • Andre Boite • Jose Van Zandijcke • Andre Ludwig • Maurice Le Coutour |