| Mbah Gotho | |
 Gotho at the claimed age of 145 | |
| Birth: | 31 December 1870? Central Java, Dutch East indies |
| Death: | 30 April 2017 Sragen, Java, Indonesia |
| Age: | 146 years, 120 days? |
| Country: |  IDN
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| Longevity myth | |
Saparman Sodimejo (31 December 1870? – 30 April 2017), also known as Mbah Gotho (or Ghoto), was an Indonesian longevity myth.
Biography[]
Gotho claimed to have been born on 31 December 1870 in Central Java in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia), as one of 11 children. He claimed to remember a sugar factory opening in 1880 during the Dutch colonial era. He reportedly had four wives and four children.
Gotho lived in Sragen, Java, Indonesia, with his 46 year-old grandson. He spent most of his time listening to the radio.[1][2] He died of heart failure on 30 April 2017 at the claimed age of 146 years, 120 days, having been admitted to the hospital two days earlier.[3][4][5]
Gallery[]
On his claimed 146th birthday in 2016, with his family
References[]
- ↑ 'Longest living human' says he is ready for death at 145 The Telegraph, 27 August 2016
- ↑ At 145, Indonesian lays claim to 'world's oldest man' AA.com, 7 September 2016
- ↑ 'Oldest human' dies in Indonesia 'aged 146' BBC News, 1 May 2017
- ↑ 'He just wanted us to let him go': Man who claimed to be the oldest human ever dies aged 146 The Telegraph, 2 May 2017
- ↑ Indonesia's oldest man dies at 146 Channel News Asia, 1 May 2017