世界上最老的人在南非去世，网友讨论：这显然不是世界上年龄最大的人_风闻

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Fredie Blom: ‘World’s oldest man’ dies aged 116 in South Africa

22 August 2020

弗雷迪·布鲁姆:“世界上最老的人”在南非去世，享年116岁

2020年8月22日

 

Fredie Blom - seen here on his 116th birthday - said there was no special secret to his longevity

弗雷迪·布洛姆(上图为他116岁生日)说，他的长寿没有什么特别的秘密

A South African who was thought to be the oldest man in the world has died at the age of 116.

一名被认为是世界上最长寿的南非男子去世，享年116岁。

Fredie Blom’s identity documents showed he was born in Eastern Cape province in May 1904, although that was never verified by Guinness World Records.

弗雷迪·布洛姆的身份证明文件显示，他于1904年5月出生在东开普省，尽管这一事实从未得到吉尼斯世界纪录的证实。

When he was teenager, his entire family was wiped out by the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic. He went on to survive two world wars and apartheid.

在他十几岁的时候，他的全家都死于1918年的西班牙流感大流行。他经历了两次世界大战和种族隔离。

Mr Blom told the BBC in 2018 that there was no special secret to his longevity.

2018年，布洛姆告诉BBC，他的长寿没有什么特别的秘密。

“There’s only one thing - it’s the man above [God]. He’s got all the power. I have nothing. I can drop over any time but He holds me,” he said.

“世界上只有一样东西——那就是高于(上帝)的人。他拥有所有的权力。而我什么都没有。我可以在任何时候倒下，但它会扶我起来。”

Mr Blom spent most of his life as a labourer - first on a farm and then in the construction industry - and only retired when he was in his 80s.

布洛姆一生的大部分时间都在做工人——先是在农场工作，然后在建筑业工作——直到80多岁才退休。

 

Fredie Blom’s identity documents list his date of birth as 8 May 1904

弗雷迪·布洛姆的身份文件显示，他的出生日期是1904年5月8日

Although he gave up drinking many years ago, he was a regular smoker.

虽然他多年前就戒酒了，但他是个老烟民。

However, a coronavirus-related lockdown imposed by the South African government reportedly meant he was unable to buy tobacco to roll his own cigarettes on his 116th birthday.

然而，据报道，南非政府实施的与新冠病毒有关的禁令使得他无法在116岁生日那天买烟卷抽烟。

Mr Blom’s family said he died of natural causes in Cape Town on Saturday.

布洛姆的家人表示，他于周六在开普敦自然死亡。

“Two weeks ago oupa [grandfather] was still chopping wood,” family spokesman Andre Naidoo told AFP news agency. “He was a strong man, full of pride.”

“两周前，祖父还在砍树，”家族发言人安德烈·奈都告诉法新社记者。“他是一个强壮的人，充满了骄傲的人。”

But within days Mr Blom shrank “from a big man to a small person”, he added.

但他补充说，在几天之内，布洛姆“从一个强壮的人变成了一个虚弱的人”。

Mr Naidoo said the family did not believe his death was related to Covid-19.     

奈都表示，他的家人不相信他的死亡与新冠病毒有关。