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Pablo Diaz Cruz
Pablo Diaz Cruz
Pablo Diaz Cruz on his 107th (claimed 108th) birthday in 2022.
Birth: 25 January 1915
Tierra Blanca, Municipality of Venado, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Death: 23 November 2023
Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Age: 108 years, 302 days
Country: MexicoMEX
Centenarian

Pablo Diaz Cruz [Spanish: Pablo Díaz Cruz] (25 January 1915 – 23 November 2023) was a Mexican centenarian who was the oldest known living man in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas and the third-oldest known living man in Mexico, behind Hilario Orozco Lemus and Abigay Peraza Montore at the time of his death.

Biography[]

Pablo Diaz Cruz was born in Tierra Blanca, Municipality of Venado, San Luis Potosi, Mexico on 25 January 1915 (claimed 1914).

At some point, he married Maria Diaz Espinosa, and the couple had nine children (Francisco, Julia, Francisco, David, Maria Guadalupe, Teodoro, Marta, Georgina, and Pablo).

In 1954, he moved to Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, where he participated in the construction of the Gateway to the Americas International Bridge that connects Laredo, Texas with Nuevo Laredo. He worked in various constructions in the city, and in masonry and carpentry. His wife died in 1989.

In March 2021, Diaz Cruz received the COVID-19 vaccine, making him one of the oldest known people to receive it. As of January 2023, he had 44 grandchildren, 433 great-grandchildren, and a few great-great-grandchildren.

Pablo Diaz Cruz died in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico on 23 November 2023 at the age of 108 years, 302 days.

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