Robert J. Gamble (centenarian)
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Robert J. Gamble was officially the world's oldest man back when records began in 1932, he was 104 at the time. Born in 1828, Robert J. Gamble was born into a modest family, and he had six older brothers and three older sisters. Due to Robert being the youngest and smallest by some considerable amount, Robert was constantly picked on by his elder siblings, and it is with great irony that he had the last laugh when he was officially declared the world's oldest man. Robert was a gentle, loving man and well-known and respected in his home town of Bradford, England, where he lived all his life, until his death on 1 November 1933, on the eve of his 105th birthday. His family, consisting of his four children, 11 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren, were greatly relieved that he was finally put out of his long-suffering misery. He had being suffering from Alzhiemer's disease and cancer, although when he was told of these diseases, his famous sense of humour was still with him. Dr. Leon McCall remembered him saying, once Robert had been told that he had cancer and Alzhiemer's, "Well, at least it isn't cancer!." Robert left a wife, Holly, and a massive family including great-grandchildren.
