At 123-years, Bolivian man may be longest lived person Carmelo Flores Laura, a Bolivian cattle and sheep herder, was born in 1890 -- 123 years ago -- according to Bolivian public records. That's a year before the invention of the rotary-dial telephone and two years before the first Ferris wheel spun at the Chicago World's Fair.
Aug. 15, 2013 - Chicago Tribune