| Todor Karagogov | |
 Karagogov (aged 101) in April 2015. | |
| Birth: | 6 December 1913 Pınarhisar, Ottoman Empire (present-day Turkey) |
| Death: | 3 May 2021 Tsarevo, Burgas Province, Bulgaria |
| Age: | 107 years, 148 days |
| Country: |  TUR BUL
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| Centenarian | |
Todor Karagogov [Bulgarian: Тодор Карагогов] (6 December 1913 – 3 May 2021) was a Turkish-born Bulgarian centenarian who was the oldest known living man in Bulgaria at the time of his death.
Biography[]
Todor Karagogov was born in Pınarhisar, Ottoman Empire (present-day Turkey) on 6 December 1913 in a family of refugees. His grandmother lived to be 102, and his uncle lived to be 100.
He married and had five children. He worked as a farmer engaged only in sheep breeding. Although he lived by the sea for the last 102 years, Todor was not a fisherman. His recipe for longevity was simple. "Cigarettes - no! You take cigarettes, I don't want you. I like brandy. But I don't get drunk! I drink brandy on prescription!", he said in one of his statements to the media.
He became the oldest known living man in Bulgaria, following the death of 107-year-old Georgi Iliev Georgiev on 18 April 2020.
As of May 2020, he had eight grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren (including Alexander Karagogov).
Karagogov died in Tsarevo, Burgas Province, Bulgaria on 3 May 2021 at the age of 107 years, 148 days. Following his death, then 105-year-old Stojco Ivanov Stojcev became the oldest known living man in Bulgaria.
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References[]
- 102-годишният дядо Тодор търси своята половинка в „Отблизо с Мира“ Bnt.bg, 10 May 2015
- Живеем 100 години с вино и ракия! Истински истории с истински хора Temi, 13 October 2019
- 106-год. столетник не се бои от вируса BgDnes, 2 May 2020
- На Никулден: Дядо Тодор навършва 107 години DarikNews, 6 December 2020
- 107-годишният дядо Тодор: Ракийка сръбвам. Ама не се напивам! Plovdiv24.bg, 7 December 2020
- Death mention Facebook post, 3 May 2021
| Bulgaria's Oldest Living Man Titleholders (V • E) |
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Boris Damyanov • Georgi Nencev Stajkov • Pavel Vasilev Hristov • Nedelcho Boikov • Georgi Iliev Georgiev • Todor Karagogov • Stojco Ivanov Stojcev • Unknown |