Richard Overton, America's oldest man and WWII vet, dies at 112

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Austin resident Richard Overton, who was America's oldest man and oldest war veteran, has died. Overton, who was honored for his military service and beloved for his propensity to enjoy his supercentenarian status with a cigar in one hand and a glass of whiskey in another, was 112 years old.
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Yeah, I first read about him this past summer. Can you imagine the things he saw?
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spud1910 said:

Yeah, I first read about him this past summer. Can you imagine the things he saw?


He saw the beginning and ending of WWI and WWII
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Born in 1906
Old enough to have known civil war veterans and former slaves

To think about who he may have known as a young man is interesting.
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Irish_Man said:

Born in 1906
Old enough to have known civil war veterans and former slaves

To think about who he may have known as a young man is interesting.
The alleged last survivor of the War of 1812 died in 1905.

Overton was born closer to the Spanish American War, than I was WWII.
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Irish_Man said:

Born in 1906
Old enough to have known civil war veterans and former slaves

To think about who he may have known as a young man is interesting.
I was born in 1955. The last Civil War veteran was alleged to have died in 1956. The last slave, 1971.
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Irish_Man said:

Born in 1906
Old enough to have known civil war veterans and former slaves

To think about who he may have known as a young man is interesting.

My grandma was born a couple of years before him and got to meet General Pershing around the time he was chasing around Pancho Villa. Kind of crazy to think about to me.
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I was born in 1965. I had an uncle...not a great uncle....that fought in the Spanish American War.
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