Marcel Meys, the oldest centenarian in France, died at the age of 112 on Wednesday in a Viennese hospital after a struggle with COVID-19, according to his only daughter, Nicole Boiron.
"My father was living in his house, but he contracted COVID-19, his condition worsened and he was subjected to artificial respiration... they did the impossible, but he died at the age of 112," Boiron told AFP.
She indicated that "he spent his life happily because he lived in his home... and he was fully mentally able, he lived alone, but he was well cared for with the help of the home care teams."
The former paramedic who lived through the two world wars became a widow since 1998, and according to his daughter, he was deaf and almost blind.
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Marcel Meys with his wife during their wedding[/caption]
Poiron recounted that her father "worked a lot" and "traveled a little", and he liked the game of "Scrabble" and did not play sports, but walked a little and played pétanque, noting that he was "a man a little isolated, but he loves the family."
In France, there is currently one man and 33 women over the age of 110, which is the threshold for a person to become a dean of age, and four men are 109 years old and are about to enter this closed circle.
A man from Nice will become the oldest in France, after he celebrated his 111th birthday on December 6.
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117-year-old nun André[/caption]
It is noteworthy that a 117-year-old nun called André, had recovered from COVID-19 after contracting it in January 2021.
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