RIYADH: The world’s oldest man, a Saudi national, has died at the age of 154 years. Nearly four years ago his name was listed in the Guinness World Record as the oldest living man in the world, Saudi newspapers reported on Tuesday.

Mohammed bin Zarei died in a hospital in the small village of Sadr Ayad near the southern town of Nammas, leaving behind more than 180 children, grandchildren and great grandchildren.

He had 10 wives and at the age of 150, he told a local TV station that he was looking for a new wife after all his wives died. “Bin Zarei (…) had seen all the kings that ruled Saudi Arabia”, one newspaper said.

Bin Zarei hit headlines when the TV news channel Alarabiya broadcast a film about him a few years ago, during which he said he was in good health. The programme presenter, Saud Al-Khalaf, then termed him “the dean of centenarians.”