Buster Martin

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Buster Martin (actually: Pierre Jean Martin ; born September 1, 1906 or 1913 in France ; † April 13, 2011 ) was considered the oldest employee in the United Kingdom .

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According to his own information, Martin was born in France in 1906, but was soon sent to an orphanage in Cornwall , where he was nicknamed "Buster". When he was ten, he was put out of the door because he "grew too fast and ate too much". At the age of 14 he married his wife Iriana in France, who died in the 1950s, and had 17 children with her. However, none of this information has so far been confirmed by an official certificate.

Buster Martin gained fame when the plumbing company Pimlico Plumbers, for whom Martin worked as a car washer until his death in 2011, announced that he was the oldest worker in the UK. In 2007 he made headlines when he successfully defended himself against a physical attack by three young criminals. In the same year, Buster Martin appeared as the oldest member of the band The Zimmer , which drew attention to the problems of old people with a recording of The Who classic My Generation .

Martin took part in the London Marathon 2008 and reached the finish in a good ten hours. That would make him the oldest person to ever finish a marathon . However, the Guinness Book of Records received information that Martin had given the National Health Service his date of birth September 1, 1913, and did not recognize this age record for the time being. The oldest marathon finisher to date is the Greek Dimitrion Yordanidis, who in 1976 at the age of 98 in Athens took 7 hours and 33 minutes to cover the 42.195 km.

In an interview, Martin claimed to have started tobacco smoking at the age of seven . He was also passionate about drinking beer until his death .

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  1. ↑ BBC : How do record holders prove their age? April 14, 2008
  2. ↑ BBC : 100-year-old told "take day off" . September 1, 2006
  3. ^ Daily Mail : 100-year-old Buster fights off three muggers . February 28, 2007
  4. ^ The Independent : The centenarian hailed by Ming for seeing off muggers . March 3, 2007
  5. ↑ The Daily Telegraph : Buster groomed to become king of rock 'n' old . May 31, 2007
  6. ↑ The Times : Marathon man, "Buster" Martin, may be up to some old tricks . April 14, 2008
  7. ↑ Guinness World Records: Great Greeks ( Memento of the original from July 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.guinnessworldrecord.com archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . March 25, 2008
  8. ↑ YouTube : Buster Martin at 100 years old (discontinued May 10, 2007)

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SURNAME Martin, buster
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Martin, Pierre Jean
BRIEF DESCRIPTION considered the UK's oldest worker
DATE OF BIRTH September 1, 1906 or September 1, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH France
DATE OF DEATH April 13, 2011