DHAKA: The world’s oldest man, a 111-year old Polish immigrant to the US, has died at a New York home for the elderly.

Media reported on Monday, says The Straits Times.

Alexander Imich passed away early Sunday at a Manhattan senior residence where he had lived since 1986, the New York Times reported.

He turned 111 on February 4.

Imich, a retired chemist and parapsychologist, was certified in April as the world’s oldest man by the Gerontology Research Group of Torrance, California.

At the time, 66 women were officially older than Imich, the oldest being 116, the Times reported.

BDST: 2115 HRS, JUNE 09, 2014