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#REDIRECT [[Longevity myths#Mbah Gotho]] |
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| birth_name = Saparman Sodimejo |
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[[Category:2017 deaths]] |
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| birth_date = 31 December 1870 (claimed) |
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[[Category:Indonesian Christians]] |
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| birth_place = [[Central Java]], [[Dutch East Indies]] |
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| death_date = {{death date|2017|04|30|df=yes}} |
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[[Category:People from Central Java]] |
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| death_place = [[Sragen]], Central Java, [[Indonesia]] |
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[[Category:Year of birth uncertain]] |
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| nationality = Indonesian |
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| known_for = Extreme longevity claim |
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| children = 5 |
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'''Saparman Sodimejo''',<ref name="solopos2014">{{cite web |url=http://www.solopos.com/2014/08/25/kisah-unik-inilah-mbah-gotho-manusia-tertua-asal-sragen-yang-kini-berusia-144-tahun-529901 |title=Inilah Mbah Gotho, Manusia Tertua Asal Sragen yang Kini Berusia 144 Tahun |trans-title=Mbah Gotho from Sragen, Oldest Human Now Aged 144 Years |author=Taufiq Sidik Prakoso |date=25 August 2014 |work=[[Solopos]] |language=Indonesian |accessdate=2 September 2016}}</ref><ref name=liputan6 /> known more commonly as '''Mbah Gotho''' (31 December 1870? - 30 April 2017) was an Indonesian man who unverifiably<ref name="nation" /> claimed to be the oldest person ever recorded. |
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In May 2010, ''[[Solopos]]'' reported that census enumerators recorded Gotho's age as 142,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.solopos.com/2010/05/20/sodimejo-manusia-tertua-di-sragen-22033 |title=Sodimejo, Manusia tertua di Sragen |trans-title=Sodimejo, the oldest man in Sragen |date=20 May 2010 |work=Solopos |language=Indonesian |accessdate=2 September 2016}}</ref> which would have made him 20 years older than the verified oldest recorded person, [[Jeanne Calment]].<ref name="solopos2014" /><ref name=liputan6>{{cite news |url=http://m.liputan6.com/regional/read/2585243/kini-berusia-146-tahun-apa-rahasia-panjang-umur-mbah-gotho |title=Kini Berusia 146 Tahun, Apa Rahasia Panjang Umur Mbah Gotho? |trans-title=Now 146 years old, what are Mbah Gotho's secrets of longevity? |first=Fajar |last=Abrori |date=24 August 2016 |website=[[Liputan 6]] |language=Indonesian |accessdate=27 August 2016}}</ref> ''[[Liputan 6]]'' reported that his estimated age was 140, and that he could not remember his date of birth but claimed to remember the construction of a sugar factory in [[Sragen]] in 1880.<ref name="liputan6_2010">{{cite news |url=http://news.liputan6.com/read/278374/kakek-berusia-140-tahun-juga-ada-di-sragen |title=Kakek Berusia 140 Tahun Juga Ada di Sragen |trans-title=The 140-year-old grandfather in Sragen |date=24 May 2010 |work=Liputan 6 |language=Indonesian |accessdate=3 September 2016}}</ref> |
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==Longevity claim== |
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In August 2016, after a television report on ''Liputan 6'', Gotho's claim received international media attention.<ref name=telegraph>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/08/27/longest-lived-human-says-he-is-ready-for-death-at-145/amp/ |title='Longest living human' says he is ready for death at 145 |author= |date=27 August 2016 |website=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]] |accessdate=27 August 2016}}</ref><ref name=ibtimes>{{cite news |url=https://amp.ibtimes.co.uk/145-year-old-mbah-gotho-indonesia-says-she-cant-wait-die-1578367 |title=145-year-old Mbah Gotho from Indonesia says he can't wait to die |first=Mark |last=Piggott |date=27 August 2016 |website=[[International Business Times]] |accessdate=27 August 2016}}</ref><ref name=sun>{{cite news |url=https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/1680423/indonesian-man-who-claims-to-be-worlds-oldest-person-aged-145-says-can-no-longer-stand-living-and-even-bought-his-own-gravestone-20-years-ago/amp/ |title=Indonesian man who claims to be world’s oldest person aged 145 says he can no longer stand living… and even bought his own gravestone 20 years ago |first=Kathryn |last=Cain |date=26 August 2016 |website=[[The Sun (United Kingdom)|The Sun]] |accessdate=27 August 2016}}</ref><ref name=metro>{{cite news |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/newly-discovered-worlds-oldest-man-8713222 |title=Newly discovered 'world's oldest man' is 145-years-old but says he's ready to die |first=Laura |last=Connor |date=26 August 2016 |website=[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]] |accessdate=27 August 2016}}</ref> His ID card, issued in 2014, displays his claimed birth date of 31 December 1870. Although Indonesian officials at the record office confirm the birth date,<ref name=9news>{{cite news |url=http://www.9news.com.au/world/2016/08/28/08/02/indonesian-man-claims-to-be-worlds-oldest-person-at-145 |title=Indonesian man claims to be world's oldest person at 145 |date=28 August 2016 |first=Ehsan |last=Knopf |website=[[Nine News]] |accessdate=29 August 2016}}</ref> there is no independent, third-party verification of his claimed age, which is required for recognition by record authorities such as [[Guinness World Records]].<ref name=telegraph/><ref name=ibtimes/> Robert Young of the [[Gerontology Research Group]] said the claimed age was "fiction", "unbelievable" and "in the same category as mythical creatures such as [[Bigfoot]], the [[Yeti]], and the [[Loch Ness Monster]]."<ref name="nation">{{cite news |url=http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/145-year-old-Indonesian-mans-age-doubted-by-expert-30294185.html |title=145-year-old Indonesian man's age doubted by expert |agency=[[Deutsche Presse-Agentur]] |date=31 August 2016 |work=[[The Nation (Thailand)|The Nation]] |accessdate=2 September 2016}}</ref> The ''Liputan 6'' story noted other similar age claims in the area.<ref name="liputan6_2010"/><ref>{{cite news |url=https://issuu.com/manadopost/docs/mp190510/1 |title=Kakek Karnita 140 Tahun, Nenek Unah 143 Tahun |trans-title=140-year-old grandfather Karnita, 143-year-old grandmother Unah |date=19 May 2010 |work=Manado Post |pages=1, 11 |language=Indonesian |accessdate=3 September 2016}}</ref> |
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==Personal life== |
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A heavy smoker throughout his life, Mbah Gotho outlived ten siblings, four wives and all five of his children.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-39768321|title='Oldest human' dies in Indonesia 'aged 146' |date=1 May 2017 |work=[[BBC News]] |access-date=1 May 2017}}</ref> On 28 April 2017 he was admitted to RSUD Hospital in Sragen, where he died on 30 April.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/indonesia-s-oldest-man-dies-at-146-8808984 |title=Indonesia's oldest man dies at 146 |website=[[Channel NewsAsia]] |date=1 May 2017 |accessdate=31 August 2017 |agency=[[Bernama]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.detik.com/berita/d-3488221/mbah-gotho-manusia-berusia-146-tahun-asal-sragen-meninggal-dunia |language=Indonesian |title=Mbah Gotho Manusia Berusia 146 Tahun Asal Sragen Meninggal Dunia |trans-title=Mbah Gotho, 146-year-old of Sragen, dies |website=[[DetikCom]] |date=30 April 2017 |accessdate=31 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/worlds-oldest-man-dies-in-indonesia-aged-146-reports |title='World's oldest man' dies in Indonesia aged 146: Reports |work=[[The Straits Times]] |date=2 May 2017 |accessdate=31 August 2017}}</ref> After his death, the magazine ''[[Tempo (Indonesian magazine)|Tempo]]'' reported that he was [[Christianity in Indonesia|Christian]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nasional.tempo.co/read/news/2017/05/01/173871196/ |date=1 May 2017 |title=Doa Umat Islam dan Kristen untuk Arwah Mbah Gotho |trans-title=Muslim and Christian prayers for the deceased Mbah Gotho |language=Indonesian |accessdate=2 May 2017 |author=Dinda Leo Listy |website=Tempo |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170831110555/https://nasional.tempo.co/read/news/2017/05/01/173871196/ |archivedate=31 August 2017 }}</ref> |
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==See also== |
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==References== |
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Revision as of 13:50, 2 October 2024
Mbah Gotho | |
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| Born | Saparman Sodimejo 31 December 1870 (claimed) |
| Died | 30 April 2017 |
| Nationality | Indonesian |
| Known for | Extreme longevity claim |
| Children | 5 |
Saparman Sodimejo,[1][2] known more commonly as Mbah Gotho (31 December 1870? - 30 April 2017) was an Indonesian man who unverifiably[3] claimed to be the oldest person ever recorded. In May 2010, Solopos reported that census enumerators recorded Gotho's age as 142,[4] which would have made him 20 years older than the verified oldest recorded person, Jeanne Calment.[1][2] Liputan 6 reported that his estimated age was 140, and that he could not remember his date of birth but claimed to remember the construction of a sugar factory in Sragen in 1880.[5]
Longevity claim
In August 2016, after a television report on Liputan 6, Gotho's claim received international media attention.[6][7][8][9] His ID card, issued in 2014, displays his claimed birth date of 31 December 1870. Although Indonesian officials at the record office confirm the birth date,[10] there is no independent, third-party verification of his claimed age, which is required for recognition by record authorities such as Guinness World Records.[6][7] Robert Young of the Gerontology Research Group said the claimed age was "fiction", "unbelievable" and "in the same category as mythical creatures such as Bigfoot, the Yeti, and the Loch Ness Monster."[3] The Liputan 6 story noted other similar age claims in the area.[5][11]
Personal life
A heavy smoker throughout his life, Mbah Gotho outlived ten siblings, four wives and all five of his children.[12] On 28 April 2017 he was admitted to RSUD Hospital in Sragen, where he died on 30 April.[13][14][15] After his death, the magazine Tempo reported that he was Christian.[16]
See also
References
- ^ a b Taufiq Sidik Prakoso (25 August 2014). "Inilah Mbah Gotho, Manusia Tertua Asal Sragen yang Kini Berusia 144 Tahun" [Mbah Gotho from Sragen, Oldest Human Now Aged 144 Years]. Solopos (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- ^ a b Abrori, Fajar (24 August 2016). "Kini Berusia 146 Tahun, Apa Rahasia Panjang Umur Mbah Gotho?" [Now 146 years old, what are Mbah Gotho's secrets of longevity?]. Liputan 6 (in Indonesian). Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- ^ a b "145-year-old Indonesian man's age doubted by expert". The Nation. Deutsche Presse-Agentur. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- ^ "Sodimejo, Manusia tertua di Sragen" [Sodimejo, the oldest man in Sragen]. Solopos (in Indonesian). 20 May 2010. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- ^ a b "Kakek Berusia 140 Tahun Juga Ada di Sragen" [The 140-year-old grandfather in Sragen]. Liputan 6 (in Indonesian). 24 May 2010. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
- ^ a b "'Longest living human' says he is ready for death at 145". The Telegraph. 27 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- ^ a b Piggott, Mark (27 August 2016). "145-year-old Mbah Gotho from Indonesia says he can't wait to die". International Business Times. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- ^ Cain, Kathryn (26 August 2016). "Indonesian man who claims to be world's oldest person aged 145 says he can no longer stand living… and even bought his own gravestone 20 years ago". The Sun. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- ^ Connor, Laura (26 August 2016). "Newly discovered 'world's oldest man' is 145-years-old but says he's ready to die". Metro. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- ^ Knopf, Ehsan (28 August 2016). "Indonesian man claims to be world's oldest person at 145". Nine News. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- ^ "Kakek Karnita 140 Tahun, Nenek Unah 143 Tahun" [140-year-old grandfather Karnita, 143-year-old grandmother Unah]. Manado Post (in Indonesian). 19 May 2010. pp. 1, 11. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
- ^ "'Oldest human' dies in Indonesia 'aged 146'". BBC News. 1 May 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
- ^ "Indonesia's oldest man dies at 146". Channel NewsAsia. Bernama. 1 May 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
- ^ "Mbah Gotho Manusia Berusia 146 Tahun Asal Sragen Meninggal Dunia" [Mbah Gotho, 146-year-old of Sragen, dies]. DetikCom (in Indonesian). 30 April 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
- ^ "'World's oldest man' dies in Indonesia aged 146: Reports". The Straits Times. 2 May 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
- ^ Dinda Leo Listy (1 May 2017). "Doa Umat Islam dan Kristen untuk Arwah Mbah Gotho" [Muslim and Christian prayers for the deceased Mbah Gotho]. Tempo (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 31 August 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2017.