--- title: World's Oldest Man, Alexander Imich, Dies at 111 description: Alexander Imich of New York City died peacefully Sunday morning at the age of 111, according to friends canonical: https://time.com/2846273/worlds-oldest-man-alexander-imich-dies-at-111/ author: Stephanie Burnett article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-06-09T05:25:06.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T08:17:16.462Z article:section: Health og:title: World's Oldest Man, Alexander Imich, Dies at 111 og:description: Alexander Imich of New York City died peacefully Sunday morning at the age of 111, according to friends og:url: https://time.com/2846273/worlds-oldest-man-alexander-imich-dies-at-111/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: World's Oldest Man, Alexander Imich, Dies at 111 twitter:description: Alexander Imich of New York City died peacefully Sunday morning at the age of 111, according to friends twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # The World's Oldest Man Has Died at 111 > Sponsored content. 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Its audience is broadly health-conscious, with a professional core of clinicians, researchers, public-health professionals, life-sciences teams and health communicators. by [Stephanie Burnett](https://time.com/author/stephanie-burnett/) ## Stephanie Burnett Jun 9, 2014 5:25 AM UTC by [Stephanie Burnett](https://time.com/author/stephanie-burnett/) ## Stephanie Burnett Jun 9, 2014 5:25 AM UTC Alexander Imich of New York City died peacefully Sunday morning at the age of 111, [according](http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Oldest-Man-in-the-World-Dies-at-111-262316451.html?%5Fosource=SocialFlowTwt%5FNYBrand) to friends. Imich attained the title of world’s oldest man in April, and attributed his long life to a healthy diet and abstinence from alcohol, according to NBC 4 New York. “I don’t know, I simply didn’t die earlier,” he told the television station last month. “I have no idea how this happened.” Like many centenarians, Imich’s early life spanned various conflicts. Born in Poland on Feb. 4, 1903, he fled with his wife in 1939 after Nazi Germany invaded the country. They settled in the U.S. in the 1950s. While Imich was the world’s oldest man, he was far from the oldest person. At least 65 women outranked him on that score, [according](http://www.grg.org/Adams/E.HTM) to Gerontology Research, with 116-year-old Misao Okawa of Japan topping the list. The new world’s oldest man, 111-year-old Sakari Momoi, is also Japanese. \[[_NBC 4 New York_](http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Oldest-Man-in-the-World-Dies-at-111-262316451.html?%5Fosource=SocialFlowTwt%5FNYBrand)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2846273/worlds-oldest-man-alexander-imich-dies-at-111/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2846273/worlds-oldest-man-alexander-imich-dies-at-111/"},"headline":"The World's Oldest Man Has Died at 111","datePublished":"2014-06-09T05:25:06.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:17:16.462Z","description":"The New York City resident attributed his long life to a healthy diet and abstinence from alcohol","url":"https://time.com/2846273/worlds-oldest-man-alexander-imich-dies-at-111/","keywords":["Aging","health"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Stephanie Burnett","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/stephanie-burnett/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/aging/","name":"Aging"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2846273/worlds-oldest-man-alexander-imich-dies-at-111/","name":"The World's Oldest Man Has Died at 111"}}]}] ```