Tokyo's 'oldest man' dead for 30 years, body mummified

• Kayate wrote on 2010-08-01 22:15

  Police visited the home of Sogen Kato at the request of ward officials updating their list of centenarians ahead of Respect for the Elderly Day in September. Kato was born July 22, 1899, which would have made him 111.
  
  Japanese welfare officials have tried to meet Kato since earlier this year, but his family members repeatedly chased them away, saying Kato was well but didn’t want to see anyone, said Tomoko Iwamatsu, an official at Tokyo’s downtown Adachi Ward, where Kato lived.

  
  link---> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/7917131/Tokyos-oldest-man-dead-for-30-years.html
  :shock2: ewww
• Hiccup wrote on 2010-08-01 22:16
  lol a living buddha....-dies-
  
  Well then :l
• Kayate wrote on 2010-08-01 22:18

  Quote from bradstrt;112955:

  lol a living buddha....-dies-
  
  Well then :l

  
  
  imagine the stink
• Piko wrote on 2010-08-01 22:20

  Quote from kayate;112960:

  imagine the stink

  
  
  Who cares about the stink? He's mummified, and that's awesome :D (Well technically his body's just intact and didn't die from external sources)
• Kayate wrote on 2010-08-01 22:23

  Quote from Pikablu;112964:

  Who cares about the stink? He's mummified, and that's awesome :D (Well technically his body's just intact and didn't die from external sources)

  
  
  what makes it so awesome?
• Piko wrote on 2010-08-01 22:51

  Quote from kayate;112968:

  what makes it so awesome?

  
  
  I'll get back to you on that :v
• Skye wrote on 2010-08-01 22:57
  It kind of reminds me of William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily" (which was weird to read, because that's my name ._.).
• Chockeh wrote on 2010-08-01 23:57

  Quote from Pikablu;112964:

  Who cares about the stink? He's mummified, and that's awesome :D (Well technically his body's just intact and didn't die from external sources)

  
  So he isn't decomposed?
  Will his body turn to sand 8D?