March 27, 2004
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Horse Mounted Tiger Hunter
Illustration from Sounandhika Parinaya
Death of '130-year-old'
A man said to be 130 years old and who once killed a tiger has died in Saudi Arabia.
Zafer bin Yehya al-Asmari made the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca three times - on foot - and put down his longevity to eating only food grown or farmed himself.
He never wore shoes and never travelled by car, relatives said.
It is unclear how many times the veteran was married, but he leaves behind 60 grandchildren.
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