Mr. George Szilagyi sadly passed away on 20 April 2026 in New York (USA) at the age of 109 years and 111 days.
He was born on 30 December 1916 in Carei, Satu Mare, Romania.
He was the oldest Romanian male emigrant ever, the 3rd oldest living man born in Romania, the last Romanian man born in 1916, the oldest living man in New York, the 10th oldest known living man in USA, the third-oldest ethnic Hungarian man ever (excluding Miklós Kürtök), behind Mr. Sarosy and Mr. Gallai.
https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/dix-hills-ny/george-szilagyi-12842646
Rest in peace.
http://www.supercentenariditalia.it/persone-viventi-piu-longeve-in-italia.
Persone viventi più longeve in Italia – Supercentenari d'Italia (supercentenariditalia.it)
R.I.P. Mr. Szilagyi.
ESO Correspondent for Portugal (since 2026)
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When the young commander of the guard declared his love for her, she rejected him simply because his frivolity startled her. "See how simple he is," she told Amaranta. "He says that he’s dying because of me, as if I were a bad case of colic."
-One Hundred Years of Solitude