The oldest French citizen died of Covid-19 at the age of 112

Europe 1 with AFP 11:15 p.m., December 15, 2021

Marcel Meys, 112, known to have recently become the oldest man in France, died overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday at the hospital in Vienne (Isère) after contracting Covid-19, he said. we learned from his daughter.

"He still lived at home but he had the Covid-19 and the situation deteriorated, he was placed on oxygen, they did the impossible but how can you, at 112 years old ...", declared to AFP Nicole Boiron, the only daughter of this supercentenary, confirming information from

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"He lived alone but he was well helped", confides his daughter

Marcel Meys had been hospitalized since December 2. He was born on July 12, 1909 in Saint-Julien-de-l'Herms (Isère) and still lived in his house in Saint-Romain-en-Gal (Rhône). "He was happy because he was at home, he had all his head, he lived alone but he was well helped", including the assistance of home help, according to his daughter.

Marcel Meys had become the oldest of the French on October 5, after the death of Jules Théobald, a 112-year-old former docker and fisherman from Martinique residing in Fort-de-France.

The Rhone had been declared for the first time - wrongly - the oldest man in France in October 2019. Contacted at the time by AFP, he said he was "proud" of this distinction which, in the end, actually came back. to another.

No official body awards the "title" of dean in France.

Former paramedic, Marcel Meys had been a widower since 1998. His funeral will be held Wednesday, December 22 in Sainte-Colombe, a neighboring town of Saint-Romain-en-Gal, his daughter said.