caption death_date death_place birth_place other_names title birth_date spouse article_title name occupation death_cause
fred pictured with his nurse in 2002 . hale -lrb- left -rrb- , aged 111 , 19 november 2004 syracuse , new york , united states new sharon , maine , united states slaver komodo june 2014 supercentenarian 1 december 1890 flora mooers fred h. hale , sr.
 frederick hale railroad postal worker and beekeeper pneumonia
fred h. hale , sr.

frederick `` fred '' harold hale , sr. -lrb- december 1 , 1890 -- november 19 , 2004 -rrb- was an american supercentenarian .
after the death of john ingram mcmorran in february 2003 , at 112 years old , hale was recognized as the oldest living man in the united states .
in march 2004 , at 113 , he became the oldest living man in the world , following the death of the spaniard joan riudavets .
hale is verified to be one of the ten oldest men in recorded history , as well as the oldest recorded person born in the state of maine .
