112 -year-old US citizen becomes the world's oldest man

Walter Bruening, at age 112, is now considered the oldest man in the world. Mr Bruening was born on September 21, 1896 in Melrose Minnesota and inherited the title when Henry Allingham of England died last weekend.

Mr Breuning moved to Great Falls in 1918 with the expansion of the railroad and worked in the railroad business for 50 years.

He says he stays healthy by eating just two meals per day and exercises by strolling the halls of the retirement home with the aid of a walker. He shuns medicine, except for one low-dose aspirin per day. His earliest memory is of hearing his grandfather talk about fighting as a Union soldier in the Civil War.

Mr Bruening has no living relatives. The Guinness World Records is expected to make the official announcement soon, after verifying his records.