Death of Walter Breuning

September 21, 1896 - April 14, 2011
Great Falls, Montana | Age 114

World's oldest man dies in Montana at 114
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MATT VOLZ, The Associated Press

GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) — Walter Breuning's earliest memories stretched back 111 years, before home entertainment came with a twist of the radio dial. They were of his grandfather's tales of killing Southerners in the Civil War.

Breuning was 3 and horrified: "I thought that was a hell of a thing to say."

But the stories stuck, becoming the first building blocks into what would develop into a deceptively simple philosophy that Breuning...

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