Russian Man Who Claimed to Be Oldest Person in the World Dies

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5/14/2019Updated: 5/14/2019

A Russian man who claimed to be the oldest person in the world has passed away at the (unofficially recognized) age of 123 years.

Appaz Iliev, from the republic of Ingushetia, near Georgia, was born in 1896, reported Russian media.

Simon Veazey

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Simon Veazey is a UK-based journalist who has reported for The Epoch Times since 2006 on various beats, from in-depth coverage of British and European politics to web-based writing on breaking news.

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