Australia’s oldest living person has celebrated his 113th birthday on the same day as the only man in the world older than him, with the two exchanging birthday messages.
Ken Weeks, from Grafton in northern New South Wales, marked the extraordinary milestone on October 5, the same day João Marinho Neto, from Maranguape, Ceará, Brazil, turned 114.
The two men share a birthday and the distinction of being the world’s two oldest living men, despite being around 14,000 kilometres apart.
Mr Weeks, who lives in Grafton at Whiddon aged care, was thrilled to get a special message from Mr Neto and recorded a
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