Bob is on song as the oldest Brit; AGE.Byline: MAGGIE BARRY A PENSIONER PENSIONER. One who is supported by an allowance at the will of another. It is more usually applied to him who receives an annuity or pension from the government. who claims the secret to a long life is singing Engelbert Humperdinck songs has become Britain's oldest man at 109. Bob Taggart was already Scotland's most elderly citizen and, after the death of 111-year-old war veteran Harry Patch Henry John Patch (born June 17, 1898 in Combe Down, a village in Somerset, England) is, at the age of 109, the second-oldest living man in the UK[1] and one of the last three surviving British veterans of the First World War still living in the country. , he has inherited the British title. The former club singer , of Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, sings to the tunes of Humperdinck and claims they "spiced" up his life to make him as fit now as he was when he was young . Last night his daughter June, 66, said: "We have been told dad is now officially the oldest man in Britain, which is amazing." Speaking previously Bob, who turned 109 in June, admitted he liked to groove away to racy rac·y adj. rac·i·er, rac·i·est 1. Having a distinctive and characteristic quality or taste. 2. Strong and sharp in flavor or odor; piquant or pungent. 3. Risqué; ribald. 4. numbers such as You Make My Pants Want To Get Up And Dance. He was married for 65 years to Dorcas, who passed away in 1998 at the age of 90. CAPTION(S): IN THE GROOVE 109-yr-old |
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