Morrie Markoff

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	Morrie Markoff
	; Markoff on his 108th birthday in 2022
Birth:	11 January 1914; New York City, New York State, USA
Death:	3 June 2024; Los Angeles, California, USA
Age:	110 years, 144 days
Country:	USA
	Validated

Morrie Markoff (11 January 1914 – 3 June 2024) was an American supercentenarian who was the oldest known living man in the United States since the death of 113-year-old Francis Zouein on 24 January 2024. He was also the oldest living blogger in the world as well as the oldest living World War II veteran in the USA and the second-oldest living World War II veteran in the world, after Romanian Ilie Ciocan. His age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).

Biography[]

Morrie Markoff was born in a tenement in New York City, New York State on 11 January 1914 to Russian Jewish immigrants Max and Rose Markoff. His oldest brother died of the Spanish flu. Markoff was also infected, but survived.

He was trained as a machinist at the suggestion of his father, but starting out of the Great Depression, Markoff took whatever jobs he could get and eventually settled on vacuum repairman.

He married Betty Goldmintz in Los Angeles, California on 4 November 1938. The couple had two children: Judith Hansen (born 1941) and Steven Markoff.

During World War II, Markoff worked as a military machinist, and later grew an air conditioning and appliances business.

Markoff had his first gallery showing at the age of 100, even though he never trained to be an artist. He had his first book signing at the age of 103.

As of April 2017, he has five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Betty died on 21 September 2019 at the age of 103, after almost 81 years of marriage.

On 2 March 2021 at the age of 107, he received his first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. On 6 April 2021, he received his second dose of the vaccine.

He became the oldest living blogger in the world at age 108, following the death of 109-year-old Dagny Carlsson of Sweden on 24 March 2022.

In January 2024, he celebrated his 110th birthday, becoming a supercentenarian.

He became the oldest known living American-born man following the death of 110-year-old Horace Baumer on 30 December 2023. A month later, he became the oldest known living man in the United States, following the death of 113-year-old Francis Zouein on 24 January 2024. Following the death of 114-year-old Pearl Berg on 1 February 2024, he became the oldest known living person in Los Angeles.

His age was verified by Dejan Vujic, Oliver Trim and Waclaw Jan Kroczek, and validated by the Gerontology Research Group on 18 January 2024, a week after his 110th birthday.

Morrie Markoff died in Los Angeles, California, USA on 3 June 2024 at the age of 110 years, 144 days. Following his death, then 110-year-old Vincent Dransfield became the oldest known living man in the United States.