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He saw a lot of history

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - The world’s oldest man, according to Guinness World Records, has died less than two weeks before he would have turned 114.  Fred Hale Sr. died in his sleep at his home.

Fred was also in the Guinness Book of World Records for being the world’s oldest driver when he was 108. Back then, Hale said slow drivers were his biggest pet peeve.

Fred Hale Sr. lived through 21 US presidents, and was in his 70s when Neil Armstrong landed on the Moon.

In 1890, there were only forty-three stars on the American flag when he was born in New Sharon, Maine.

On Friday, twelve days before his 114th birthday, the Maine native died in his sleep at his home in Syracuse, New York.