Juan Gomez The Last Pirate (another story)
 

St. Augustine Record
Lived to Great Age.

John Gomez, Formerly of St. Augustine, Drowned at 122 Years.

Word reaches us from our Everglade correspondent that old John Gomez, the centenarian, had been drowned while fishing, on Thursday, July 12th, and his body had been recovered the following Saturday much decomposed, and buried on his island, Panther Key, where he had lived to an age that is granted to few to have escaped disease and accidents for a period of 122 years, and at last to meet his death in an unnatural way, by drowning.

Full story in the link bellow:

http://www.drbronsontours.com/bronso...astpirate.html

Wow! Pretty amazing he could even walk by himself at that age.

Yeah....absolutely amazing.

I wonder what his secret to longevity was?

Hello

And another amazing fact he was born in Portugal, Madeira Island...my Hometown in a place call Ponta do Sol, and he was know as João Gomes (is true Portuguese name).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeira