France's oldest man, Marcel Messi, 112, died Tuesday night in a Vienna hospital after contracting Covid-19, as it became known to his daughter.
"He always lived in his house, but he stuck with Covid and the situation got worse. They gave him oxygen, they did the impossible, but what do you expect… at the age of 112… "said Nicole Bouaron, his only daughter.
Marcel Mess was born on July 12, 1909 and lived alone in his home for decades, until December 2, when he had to be admitted to hospital. He was a former ambulance driver and had been unemployed since 1998.
Mess became the oldest Frenchman on October 5, after the death of Jill Theobald, a former dock worker and fisherman from Martinique.