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George Rene Francis, 112, oldest man in U.S., dies
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - George Rene Francis, the oldest man in America, who lived through 19 presidents and saw Babe Ruth swat a homer, died Saturday in a Sacramento nursing home. He was 112. Born June 6, 1896, in New Orleans, he died of congestive heart failure in Greenhaven.
Francis, an African-American who taught his daughter how to drive after she had to give up her bus seat to a white man,...
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