Mr. João de Almeida from Rio de Loba, Viseu, Viseu District, sadly passed away yesterday, 2 October 2026, at the age of 109 years and 346 days. He'd been born in the same parish on 21 October 1916. At the time of his death, he was the second oldest man and fourth oldest person in Portugal, as well as the seventh oldest man in Europe. Descanse em paz. 😔
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