111 years old would made him amongst the top 5 oldest men living on earth ... or at least yesterday, before he died
only about 1500 suerentinarians are thought to have been documented in history, most of whom were women. being male is really rare..maybe only a hundred total out off 50 billion people who have ever lived...
Interestingly your comment is the only google result for "suerentinarians"
The easiest way to live to be over 100 is, to use your father's birth certificate. Pretty common, and easy to pull off because there's nobody else alive who can contradict you.