世界上最老的人在南非去世，網友討論：這顯然不是世界上年齡最大的人_風聞

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Fredie Blom: ‘World’s oldest man’ dies aged 116 in South Africa

22 August 2020

弗雷迪·布魯姆:“世界上最老的人”在南非去世，享年116歲

2020年8月22日

 

Fredie Blom - seen here on his 116th birthday - said there was no special secret to his longevity

弗雷迪·布洛姆(上圖為他116歲生日)説，他的長壽沒有什麼特別的秘密

A South African who was thought to be the oldest man in the world has died at the age of 116.

一名被認為是世界上最長壽的南非男子去世，享年116歲。

Fredie Blom’s identity documents showed he was born in Eastern Cape province in May 1904, although that was never verified by Guinness World Records.

弗雷迪·布洛姆的身份證明文件顯示，他於1904年5月出生在東開普省，儘管這一事實從未得到吉尼斯世界紀錄的證實。

When he was teenager, his entire family was wiped out by the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic. He went on to survive two world wars and apartheid.

在他十幾歲的時候，他的全家都死於1918年的西班牙流感大流行。他經歷了兩次世界大戰和種族隔離。

Mr Blom told the BBC in 2018 that there was no special secret to his longevity.

2018年，布洛姆告訴BBC，他的長壽沒有什麼特別的秘密。

“There’s only one thing - it’s the man above [God]. He’s got all the power. I have nothing. I can drop over any time but He holds me,” he said.

“世界上只有一樣東西——那就是高於(上帝)的人。他擁有所有的權力。而我什麼都沒有。我可以在任何時候倒下，但它會扶我起來。”

Mr Blom spent most of his life as a labourer - first on a farm and then in the construction industry - and only retired when he was in his 80s.

布洛姆一生的大部分時間都在做工人——先是在農場工作，然後在建築業工作——直到80多歲才退休。

 

Fredie Blom’s identity documents list his date of birth as 8 May 1904

弗雷迪·布洛姆的身份文件顯示，他的出生日期是1904年5月8日

Although he gave up drinking many years ago, he was a regular smoker.

雖然他多年前就戒酒了，但他是個老煙民。

However, a coronavirus-related lockdown imposed by the South African government reportedly meant he was unable to buy tobacco to roll his own cigarettes on his 116th birthday.

然而，據報道，南非政府實施的與新冠病毒有關的禁令使得他無法在116歲生日那天買煙卷抽煙。

Mr Blom’s family said he died of natural causes in Cape Town on Saturday.

布洛姆的家人表示，他於週六在開普敦自然死亡。

“Two weeks ago oupa [grandfather] was still chopping wood,” family spokesman Andre Naidoo told AFP news agency. “He was a strong man, full of pride.”

“兩週前，祖父還在砍樹，”家族發言人安德烈·奈都告訴法新社記者。“他是一個強壯的人，充滿了驕傲的人。”

But within days Mr Blom shrank “from a big man to a small person”, he added.

但他補充説，在幾天之內，布洛姆“從一個強壯的人變成了一個虛弱的人”。

Mr Naidoo said the family did not believe his death was related to Covid-19.     

奈都表示，他的家人不相信他的死亡與新冠病毒有關。