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England’s oldest man, Arthur Aspinall, has died peacefully at the age of 109, The Mirror reported.
The Bolton native lived through the reigns of four British monarchs and the terms of 24 prime ministers.
Arthur was recognized as England’s oldest man and the last surviving British man born in 1916. At the time of his death, he was the second-oldest man in the United Kingdom, behind Scotland’s Hugh Kerr, who was born in Paisley on 9 October 1915. Arthur passed away in Bolton at the age of 109 years and 231 days on June 1. Born on 13 October 1916 to parents Fred and Lily Aspinall, he grew up in a lower-middle-class family.