'Longest Living Human' Says He Is Ready For Death At 145 (telegraph.co.uk)

Slashdot reader schwit1 quotes an article from The Telegraph: An Indonesian man who claims to be the longest living human in recorded history has described how he "just wants to die". Mbah Gotho, from Sragen in central Java, was born on December 31, 1870, according to the date of birth on his identity card. Now officials at the local record office say they have finally been able to confirm that remarkable date as genuine. If independently confirmed, the findings would make Mr Gotho a staggering 145 years old -- and the longest lived human in recorded history.
"One of Mr Gotho's grandsons said his grandfather has been preparing for his death ever since he was 122," according to the article. Though he lived long enough to meet his great-great grandchildren, he's already outlived four wives, all 10 of his brothers and sisters, and all of his children.

Comments

December 30th

[Rakshasa Taisab]

I was born on December 30, 1870 and as soon as my birth certificate arrives in the mail I'll be able to prove it.

Re:December 30th

[fahrbot-bot]

Big deal. Your 6-digit id would seem to indicate that there are those older than you here on /.

You know that your userid is not tied to your age right? And not all people stick to one account for their whole lives.

Ya. It's a /. meme. But I guess you might be too young to know that -- having a 7-digit uid and all. :-)

The key phrase here is

[ScentCone]

"If independently confirmed" - which is unlikely.

Regardless, he'll still be around for quite a while yet. In an interview with Wired, he said he just wants to live until the year of Linux On The Desktop.

Re:Captain Kirk says...

[CODiNE]

"Living forever isn't boring, you are."
-Me.

Re:Verify by DNA analysis

[squiggleslash]

Surely they can just wait until he dies, and then saw his body in half and count the rings?