MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A Twin Cities great-grandfather is getting a lot of attention for a video showing him shoveling his neighbor’s sidewalk. 
 
 “I’ve always been active, always doing something,” St. Paul resident Richard Mann said. 
 
 The 101-year-old has learned a thing or two about work ethic over his long life. After his father died when he was four, he took care of work around the house to help his single mom. Snow shoveling was one of his duties. 
 
 “I was the only boy, and it was an automatic thing for me to more or less do ‘a man’s job,'” Mann said. 
 
 The job never got him much attention until now, nearly a century later. A video showing Mann shoveling his neighbor’s snow has gone viral. His neighbor is overheard in the video summing the situation up perfectly. 
 
 “This is an inspiration to a lot of people to get up, get out and get something,” Mann’s neighbor said. 
 
 The video had more than 343,000 views on Facebook as of Wednesday evening. 
 
 Mann says he was just doing his neighbor a favor and not expecting anything in return, just as he was taught growing up. 
 
 “That’s why I think people appreciated seeing the video of him because there are so many things going on that are not, you know, people are not being kind to each other,” Margo Mann, Richard Mann’s daughter, said. “And kindness is the key to having a successful and good life.” 
 
 Mann is a father, grandfather and great-grandfather. He lost his first wife to cancer, and his second wife to Alzheimer’s disease. 
 
 When asked the key to a long life, it appeared that his sense of humor is also still going strong. 
 
 “Clean living, and wine, women and money [laughs],” Richard said. “I’ve had quite a life.” 
 
 Mann says he still plays golf whenever he gets the chance, and swears by bacon and eggs for breakfast every day. 

 Nothing all that unusual for a Minnesotan to clear the walk of a neighbor who is out of town. But then again, how many of those lifting the shovel are 101 years old? 
 
 Richard Mann, born March 8, 1914, looked out last week and saw what a light snowfall had left, then did what had to be done for his traveling next-door neighbor in the 1500 block of Western Avenue N. in St. Paul 
 
 Another neighbor across the street made a visual record of Mann’s gesture, put it online and the rest is viral history: more than 575,000 views in less than a week. 
 
 “Mr. Mann, I was looking out my window and I’m filming you right there at this time Mr. Mann,” said Keven O’Bannon as he tromped across the street toward the stocking-capped centenarian with the posture of a man decades younger and a strong, clear voice. “You’re 101 years old, and you’re out here shoveling the neighbor’s snow?” 
 
 Mann, a great-grandfather, chuckled as he leaned on the upright shovel and replied, “Well, he’s out of town, and I’m not exerting myself. I’m not going to overdo it. I can use the exercise. … I know what my limitations are.” 
 
 O’Bannon said neighbors usually get to Mann’s walk first, right after a snowfall, but he was out there ahead of them this time. 
 
 “We usually try to come out here and catch your snow,” O’Bannon told Mann. “It was such a light snow … that we didn’t really get out here.” 
 
 My neighbour is 101 years old... Check out Mr. Mann Posted by Keven Lifecoach O'Bannon on Friday, January 8, 2016 
 
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– Done your neighbor a good turn this year? You might take a hint from Richard Mann, a 101-year-old resident of St. Paul, Minn., who was seen shoveling his neighbor's walk the other day after a fresh snowfall, the Star Tribune reports. Neighbor Keven O’Bannon caught it on video and posted the friendly encounter on Facebook, where it's been seen more than 1.7 million times as of this writing. "You’re 101 years old, and you’re out here shoveling the neighbor’s snow?" O'Bannon is heard asking. Mann responds, "I'm not going to overdo it. I can use the exercise. … I know what my limitations are." Mann says he was helping a neighbor away on a trip, and tells CBS Minnesota he's been doing such duties for a long time. Mann was just four years old when his father died and he had to help his single mom around the house. "I was the only boy, and it was an automatic thing for me to more or less do 'a man’s job,'" he says. That included helping neighbors and expecting nothing in return, he adds. "That’s why I think people appreciated seeing the video of him because there are so many things going on that are not, you know, people are not being kind to each other," says his daughter, Margo Mann. "And kindness is the key to having a successful and good life." But Richard has his own explanation: "Clean living, and wine, women and money," he says with a laugh. And he swears by the same breakfast every day: bacon and eggs.