he lived in tursk, near sulęcin, in a care home. he died on 7 december 2013, just 8 weeks and one day before his claimed 114th birthday, and claimed to be the oldest living man for around a half-year after 116-year-old japaneseman jiroemon kimura's death in early-summer of 2013 (although the grg and the guinness world records never verified him as the oldest living man).