Very sad news. Mateo Balbuena Iglesias, OLM in Spain, died on tuesday. He was born on 21 September 1913. He was the last surviving veteran of the Asturian Revolution (1934) and one of the last of the Spanish Civil War.
Rest in peace.
RIP Mr. Balbuena Iglesias.
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Rest in peace, Mateo Balbuena Iglesias, Doyen of Spain.
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He was the world's 5 oldest man alive,7 oldest person alive in Spain,4 oldest man in Europe,his successor as Spain's oldest man is now the 5 oldest man alive in Europe,64 oldest person alive In Europe, Luis Carrasco-Munoz Perez de la Isla, Spain's new oldest man, is the 88th oldest living person in Europe. He is the 11th oldest man in Spain, Luis Carrasco is the 16th (among people who died in or live in Spain).59 oldest European man in history.He died at 110 years, 299 days, the same age as Frederique Noel (FRA), who died on 14 Apr 1979. Spain, his successor is the 128 oldest person in the country, 17 oldest person in the history of Castile and Leon, 2 oldest living, 3 oldest person to die in Basque Country, the oldest living (I don't know who the oldest person is old woman living there now) He spent 184 days as the oldest man in Spain, the shortest time since Atilano Rivas-Iglesias who stayed 66 days (26 Oct 2006-30 Dec 2006), is the youngest to die as the oldest man in Spain since Antonio Alvarado Largo (110 years, 82 days on 28 Sept 2022), the second to be considered the oldest man in the country to die in the Basque country, the first had been A. L. M. on 1 Jan 1990. He is the second man considered the oldest of Spain dying this year
RIP