ANTHONY MANCINELLI, the man deemed “world’s oldest-working barber,” has died. He was 108. Mancinelli, a resident of the Newburgh-New Windsor area in New York, the United States, passed away at his home Sept. 19. Born in Montemilone, Italy, in 1911, Mancinelli came to America in September 1919 on a ship and served in WWII before he was honorably discharged in 1945, according to an obituary. He took up barbering in 1924 and worked until this July. Mancinelli was inducted into the Barbers Museum and Hall of Fame, and was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records, the obituary said. Mancinelli was predeceased by his wife of 69 years, according to the obituary. He is survived by two sons.(SD-Agencies) |