What is Walter Breuning?
{{infobox person |name = Walter Breuning |image = Walter Breuning April 8, 2010.jpg |image_size = |caption = Breuning in April 2010, at the age of 113. |birth_date = {{birth date|1896|9|21}} |birth_place = {{nowrap|[[Melrose, Minnesota]], United States}} |death_date = {{death date|2011|4|14}}<br />(aged {{age in years and days|1896|9|21|2011|4|14}}) |death_place = {{nowrap|[[Great Falls, Montana]], United States}} |nationality = American |ethnicity = |spouse = Agnes C. Breuning (née Twokey)<br />(m. 1922 – 1957, her death)<br/>Margaret Breuning (née Vanest) <br>(m. 1958 – January 1975, her death) |occupation = Retired [[Rail transport|railroader]] |parents = John Breuning<br />(1864–1915)<br />Cora Mae (née Morehouse)<br>(1870–1917) |title = World's oldest living man July 17, 2009 – April 14, 2011 <br> Third oldest recognized living person January 31 – April 14, 2011. |education = |alma mater = }} '''Walter Breuning''' (September 21, 1896 – April 14, 2011) was an [[United States|American]] [[supercentenarian]] and former railroader, who was the oldest living man in the world. == Biography == Breuning was born on September 21, 1896, in [[Melrose, Minnesota]]. Breuning was married to Agnes C. Breuning (née Twokey) from 1922 until her death in 1957. Lastly he married Margaret Breuning (née Vanest) from 1958 until her death in 1975. He was a [[colorectal cancer]] survivor. From March 31, 2011 (the same day as Shelby Harris, who succeeded Breuning as the oldest living man in the United States, celebrated his 110th birthday), Breuning was hospitalized for an unspecified illness, possibly [[pneumonia]]. He died of natural causes at the hospital on April 14, 2011 at 3:30 p.m. aged 114 years, 205 days and was survived by his niece, 3 nephews, and a great niece and nephews.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rest in Peace, Walter Breuning, World's Oldest Living Man|url=http://www.greatfallstribune.com/multimedia/breuning2/main.html|work=Great Falls Tribune|author=Tribune Staff|date=April 15,