<p> The world's oldest man, according to the Guinness World Records, has died from cancer in Britain at the age of 112, his family confirmed on Thursday.</p>.<p>Bob Weighton, a former teacher and engineer from the central English county Hampshire, died "peacefully" in his sleep at home on Thursday morning, they said.</p>.<p>Weighton took up the title of the oldest man in the world in February after the death of the previous holder, Chitetsu Watanabe of Japan.</p>.<p>"With great sadness, the Weighton family announces the death of our beloved Bob Weighton," relatives said in a statement to Britain's domestic Press Association newswire.</p>.<p>"A role model to us all, he lived his life interested in and engaged with all kinds of people from across the world.</p>.<p>"He had many, many friendships and read and talked politics, theology, ecology and more, right up until his death.</p>.<p>"He also cared greatly for the environment."</p>.<p>The family said they were grateful that Weighton had remained witty, kind, knowledgeable and a conversationalist "until the very end".</p>.<p>Weighton was born in Yorkshire in northern England on March 29, 1908 and was one of seven children.</p>.<p>He is survived by his three children, 10 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren.</p>.<p>He was recognised as the oldest man in the world after Guinness World Records' senior gerontology consultant, Robert Young, scrutinised the evidence of his birth following Watanabe's death earlier this year.</p>.<p>South African Fredie Blom claims to have celebrated his 116th birthday this month, but his age has not yet been verified by the records body.</p>
<p> The world's oldest man, according to the Guinness World Records, has died from cancer in Britain at the age of 112, his family confirmed on Thursday.</p>.<p>Bob Weighton, a former teacher and engineer from the central English county Hampshire, died "peacefully" in his sleep at home on Thursday morning, they said.</p>.<p>Weighton took up the title of the oldest man in the world in February after the death of the previous holder, Chitetsu Watanabe of Japan.</p>.<p>"With great sadness, the Weighton family announces the death of our beloved Bob Weighton," relatives said in a statement to Britain's domestic Press Association newswire.</p>.<p>"A role model to us all, he lived his life interested in and engaged with all kinds of people from across the world.</p>.<p>"He had many, many friendships and read and talked politics, theology, ecology and more, right up until his death.</p>.<p>"He also cared greatly for the environment."</p>.<p>The family said they were grateful that Weighton had remained witty, kind, knowledgeable and a conversationalist "until the very end".</p>.<p>Weighton was born in Yorkshire in northern England on March 29, 1908 and was one of seven children.</p>.<p>He is survived by his three children, 10 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren.</p>.<p>He was recognised as the oldest man in the world after Guinness World Records' senior gerontology consultant, Robert Young, scrutinised the evidence of his birth following Watanabe's death earlier this year.</p>.<p>South African Fredie Blom claims to have celebrated his 116th birthday this month, but his age has not yet been verified by the records body.</p>