Saudi Arabia’s oldest man dies at age 142

Nasser bin Radan Al Rashid Al Wadaei, claimed to be Saudi Arabia’s ‘oldest man’, has died at the age of 142, leaving behind 134 descendants. He passed away on January 8 in Riyadh, with over 7,000 attendees at his funeral in Dhahran Al Janoub. Born in 1884, Al Wadaei reportedly lived through multiple Saudi monarchs and performed the Hajj pilgrimage more than 40 times. However, experts question the veracity of his age, citing the average life expectancy in Saudi Arabia as around 78 years.

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