John Tinniswood, wanda aka yiwa laqabi da mutum daya na duniya, ya mutu a shekaru 112. An haife shi a Liverpool a ranar 26 ga Agusta, 1912, shekarar da jirgin Titanic ya nutse. Ya mutu a ranar Litinin, 25 ga Nuwamba, 2024, a gidan kulawa na Hollies a Southport, Merseyside, ‘cikin mawakan da rai’, in ji iyalansa.
Tinniswood ya zama mutum daya na duniya a watan Afrilu bayan mutuwar Juan Vicente Perez daga Venezuela. Ya rayu rayuwar da ta shafi manyan abubuwan da suka faru a tarihi, ciki har da yakin duniya na biyu da wa’adin shugabannin siyasa 24 na Biritaniya.
Ya yi aikin soja a Royal Army Pay Corps a lokacin yakin duniya na biyu, inda ya shugabanci aikin kudi da abinci, da kuma baya-bayan nan ya yi aiki a matsayin akawunti ga kamfanonin Shell da BP kafin ya yi ritaya a shekarar 1972. Tinniswood ya kasance dan kungiyar kwallon kafa ta Liverpool FC, kuma ya rayu ya ga dukkan nasarorin kofin FA na kungiyar ta Liverpool na kambi 17 daga cikin 19 na nasarorin lig.
Iyalansa sun yaba da Tinniswood, suna cewa: ‘John ya da yawan sifofi. Ya kasance mai hankali, mai shawara, mai juri, mai hankali a kowace rikici, mai kwarewa a lissafi, kuma mai magana mai kyau.’ Sun kuma nuna godiya ga wadanda suka kula da shi shekaru da dama, ciki har da ma’aikatan gidan kulawa, likitoci, ma’aikatan jinya, da sauran ma’aikatan NHS.
Tinniswood ya bar iyalansa, ciki har da ‘yar uwarsa Susan, jikoki huÉ—u Annouchka, Marisa, Toby, da Rupert, da kuma jikokinsa uku Tabitha, Callum, da Nieve. Ya ce babu wata alama mahususi da ya yi wa rayuwarsa ta dogon lokaci, amma ya ce ya kasance mai aiki a lokacin matashinsa, kuma ya yi tafiye-tafiye da kungiyar Liverpool Ramblers Association.
