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Archive Home > 2008 > December > 30 > Oldest man in U.S. dies at 112

Oldest man in U.S. dies at 112

By M.S. Enkoji and Stephen Magagnini / The Bulletin
December 30, 2008

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — George Rene Francis, the oldest man in America, who lived through 19 presidents and saw Babe Ruth swat a homer, died Saturday in a Sacramento nursing home. He was 112.

Francis, born June 6, 1896, in New Orleans, died of congestive heart failure in Eskaton Care....

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