Pasquale Frasconi

Pasquale Frasconi
Pasquale Frasconi at age 110.
Birth:	12 November 1893 Luogosanto, Sardinia, Italy
Death:	16 March 2004 Aglientu, Sardinia, Italy
Age:	110 years, 125 days
Country:	ITA
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Pasquale Frasconi (12 November 1893 – 16 March 2004) was an Italian supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). At time of his death, the oldest known living Italian veteran of the First World War.

Biography

Pasquale Frasconi was born in Luogosanto, Sardinia, Italy on 12 November 1893. He was a dealer in the agriculture business, but he never worked as a farmer. He never married. In 1997, he had a fractured femur, but was operated on and was able to walk again.

He became the oldest known living man in Italy following the death of 112 year-old Giovanni Frau on 19 June 2003. On 12 November 2003, the Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi conveyed the affection and gratefulness of the Italian people on the occasion of his 110th birthday.

Pasquale Frasconi died at his home where he had been living with his nephew in Aglientu, Sardinia, Italy on 16 March 2004 at the age of 110 years, 125 days. Following his death, then-108-year-old Carlo Orelli became the oldest known living man in Italy.

References

• Gerontology Research Group
• Supercentenari d'Italia
• AGLIENTU Il " nonnino" della Gallura festeggia il traguardo dei 106 anni la Repubblica, 12 November 1999
• Centenarians Pierre & Alexandra Boulat, August 2003
• Messaggio del Presidente Ciampi per il 110° compleanno del Sig. Frasconi Archivio Quirinale, 11 November 2003
• Pasquale Frasconi obituary Necrologie La Nuova Sardegna, 17 March 2004
• Diapositiva 1 Global Wellness Summit (page 3)
• The Village Effect: Why Face-to-face Contact Matters

Italy's Oldest Living Man Titleholders (V • E)

Battista Beghelli • Giuseppe Jussig • Francesco Paba • Francesco Soldati Gabbini • Vincenzo Pintorno • Unknown • Leonardo Tamasi • Ulrico Miani • Beniamino Vitone • Pasquale Capella • Giuseppe Arena • Luigi Saba • Francesco Carlino • Giuseppe De Bonis • Cesare Di Claudio • Paolo Gioletta • Giovanni Ferzini • Antonio Giacchetti • Giuseppe Varagona • Domenico Minervino • Constanzo Tizzano • Saverio Russo • Filippo Mogavero • Adelmo Meoni • Giuseppe Pinna • Valentino Stella • Antonio Baldo • Antonio Todde • Giovanni Frau • Pasquale Frasconi • Carlo Orelli • Carmine Alfano • Luigi Rava • Dante Gavagnin • Italo Sarrocco • Delfino Borroni • Carlo Dozzi • Giovanni Ligato • Giuseppe Mirabella • Arturo Licata • Salvatore Caruso • Valerio Piroddi • Andrea Lattari • Lorenzo Berzero • Luigi Tomasi • Salvatore Cavallo • Giovanni Quarisa • Giovanni La Penna • Antonino Turturici • Gaudenzio Nobili • Giuseppe Venturi • Tripolino Giannini • Michele Cicora • Vitantonio Lovallo