World's oldest man credits his longevity to eating a banana a day

Living to be the world's oldest man is becoming less of a challenge than finding him: 90 percent of supercentenarians are women. But now the Guinness World Records folks have anointed 112-year-old Salustiano Sanchez-Blazquez of Grand Island, N.Y., as the granddaddy of them all after Jiroemon Kimura died last month at 116. A native of Spain who came to the states in 1920 via Cuba, "Shorty" worked in coal mines and construction before retiring. He says "I'm an old man and let's leave it at that" and attributes his long life to eating a banana and six aspirin a day, though his daughter has another idea. "I think it's just because he's an independent, stubborn man," said Irene Johnson.