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{{Short description|Spanish supercentenarian (1889–2004)}}
'''Juan Riudavets Moll''' (15 December 1889 – 5 March 2004) was a Spanish [[supercentenarian]] who, at the time of his death, was believed to be [[oldest people|the oldest verified person ever]] in the history of Spain. However, subsequent research by the International Database on Longevity has revealed that there were two women whohad werebeen older than Riudavets at the time of their deaths.<ref>{{Citation name|last=GÓmez-Redondo |first=Rosa |title=Emergence and verification of supercentenarians in Spain |date=2010 |url="IDOL">[http://wwwdx.demogrdoi.mpgorg/10.de1007/books/drm/007/2978-7.pdf3-642-11520-2_9 International|work=Demographic DatabaseResearch onMonographs Longevity:|pages=151–171 List|access-date=2023-07-22 of|place=Berlin, SpaniardHeidelberg cases]|publisher=Springer Berlin Heidelberg |isbn=978-3-642-11519-6 |last2=González |first2=Juan M. García}}</ref> He became the oldest recognized living person in Europe following the death of Italian [[Maria Teresa Fumarola Ligorio]]'s death on 14 May 2003, and [[list of the verified oldest men|oldest recognized living man]] in the world following the death of Japanese [[supercentenarianYukichi Chuganji]]'s Yukichi Chuganjideath on 28 September 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.grg.org/Adams/M.HTM|title=Table M - World's Oldest Men (WOM) Titleholders Since 1973|publisher=[[Gerontology Research Group]]|date=14 July 2015|accessdate=11 December 2015}}</ref>
==Biography==
Joan Riudavets was born 15 December 1889 in [[Es Migjorn Gran]], [[Menorca]], andwhere he lived there foruntil his entiredeath lifein 2004.<ref>{{cite news |date=2004-01-21 |title=The world's oldest man |datework=21[[The JanuaryGuardian]] 2004|url=https://www.theguardian.com/g2/story/0,3604,1127420,00.html |accessdate=11 December 20152023-07-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Muere a los 114 años Joan Riudavets Moll, el hombre más viejo del mundo|language=Spanish|date=6 March 2004|url=http://elpais.com/elpais/2004/03/06/actualidad/1078559329_850215.html|accessdate=11 December 2015}}</ref> His mother, Catalina Moll Mercadés, died at age 25 before the end ofin December 1889.<ref name="Moll birthday">{{cite web |date=15 December 2003 |title=Oldest man marks 114th birthday |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3321315.stm |titleaccessdate=Oldest9 manOctober marks2009 114th birthday|publisherwebsite=[[BBC News|date=15]] December 2003|accessdatepublisher=9 October 2009}}</ref> Riudavets'His wife, whom he married in 1917,father was borna in 1889 and died around 1979cobbler.<ref name="RiudavetsMoll deathbirthday" /> HeRiudavets also worked as a cobbler until retiringhe retired in 1954, and was a former village councillor of Es Migjorn Gran.<ref name="Moll birthday" /><ref name=":0">{{cite web |date=6 March 2004 |title=World's Oldest Man Passes Away |url=http://news.sky.com/story/252197/worlds-oldest-man-passes-away|title=World's Oldest Man Passes Away|publisher=Sky News|date=6 March 2004|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222101024/http://news.sky.com/story/252197/worlds-oldest-man-passes-away |archivedate=22 December 2015}}</ref> He died in Menorca at the age of 114 years, 81 days after having a cold for a few days, without being seriously ill. However, due to his extraordinary age, he was unable to recover from such a minor illness.<ref name="Riudavets death">{{cite web|urlaccess-date=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3539095.stm|title=World's2023-07-22 oldest man dies aged 114|publisherwebsite=BBC[[Sky News|date=6]] March 2004|accessdatepublisher=9 October 2009}}</ref> Riudavetsand was surviveda byformer twovillage younger brothers: Pere, who died in 2006 at the agecouncillor of 105,Es andMigjorn Josep, who died in 2009 at the age of 102Gran.<ref name="Moll birthday" /><ref>http name="://gw0.geneanet.org/aguasch?lang=en;pz=lluis;nz=guasch+coll;ocz=0;p=joan;n=riudavets+moll;oc=1<" /ref> After his death, Fred H. Hale, Sr. became the world's oldest man.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2004/mar/08/local/me-joan8|title=Joan Riudavets-Moll, 114; World's Oldest Man|publisher=LA Times|date=8 March 2004|accessdate=11 December 2015}}</ref>
Riudavets married in 1917; his wife, also born in 1889, died at age 90.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=2004-03-06 |title=World's oldest man dies aged 114 |language=en-GB |work=[[BBC News]] |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3539095.stm |access-date=2023-07-22}}</ref> When asked, he "attributed his longevity to a life of moderation".<ref name=":0" />
Riudavets died at the age of 114 years, 81 days after having a cold for a few days.<ref name=":1" /> He was survived by two younger brothers: Pere, who died in 2006 at the age of 105, and Josep, who died in 2009 at the age of 102.<ref name="Moll birthday" /> After Riudavets's death, Fred H. Hale, Sr. became the world's oldest man.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Oliver |first=Myrna |date=2004-03-08 |title=Joan Riudavets-Moll, 114; World's Oldest Man |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-mar-08-me-joan8-story.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=2023-07-22 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
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