Jaak Broekx

Henricus Petrus Jacobus Broekx
Born	(1914-08-06)6 August 1914
Died	31 October 2023(2023-10-31) (aged 109)
Occupation	Centenarian

Henricus Petrus Jacobus (Jaak) Broekx (6 August 1914 – 31 October 2023) was a Belgian centenarian.^[1] From 9 September 2021 until his death on 31 October 2023, he was the oldest living man in Belgium.^[2] He was nine months away from being a supercentenarian.

Life

Jaak Broekx was born on 6 August 1914, the eldest of eight children in the city of Bree. Broekx never married and continued to live at the address of his parental home for 106 years. After this he moved to a nursing home. Shortly after his 107th birthday, he became the oldest man in Belgium.^[3] Broekx died two years later, at the age of 109. He was the oldest person in Flanders and 2nd oldest Belgian after Fernande Courtoy from Hainaut.^[4]

References

1. "Oudste Limburger Jaak Broekx (109) overleden". www.nieuwsblad.be (in Flemish). 31 October 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
2. Chini, Maïthé (31 October 2023). "Belgium's oldest man dies at the age of 109". Brussels Times. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
3. NWS, VRT (7 August 2023). "Oudste man van België Jaak Broeckx viert 109de verjaardag in Bree". vrtnws.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 1 November 2023.
4. "The oldest Belgian is a 109-year-old former pharmacist from Charleroi". The Brussels Times. 2 October 2023. Retrieved 21 February 2024.