‘World’s oldest man’, 113, dies at his home in Japan

Masazo Nonaka enjoyed eating sweets and soaking in a hot spring. He was awarded the title of oldest man in April 2018. [File, Standard]

"World's oldest man" Masazo Nonaka, who was born just two years after the Wright brothers launched humanity's first powered flight, died on Sunday aged 113, Japanese media said.

Nonaka was born in July 1905, according to Guinness World Records -- just months before Albert Einstein published his special theory of relativity.