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'''Karl Friedrich Wedeking''' (10 October 1862 &ndash; 5 May 1973) was one of the first [[Germany|German]] [[supercentenarian]]s. He was born in [[Blomberg, North Rhine-Westphalia|Blomberg]] and died in [[Dortmund]]. He was one of the founding members of the gliders club, which was started in 1931 and is still active in Blomberg today.<ref>[http://www.kreis.aw-online.de/kvar/VT/hjb1974/hjb1974.41.htm Einen guten Rotwein bis zum letzten Tag]</ref>

He was the [[oldest people|oldest living man]] from 21 March 1968, following the death of [[John Mosely Turner]], until Wedeking's death at age 110 years, 207 days. Wedeking was succeeded as world's oldest living man by [[Frederick Butterfield]].<ref name="WOM">{{cite web|title=Table M - World's Oldest Men (WOM) Titleholders Since 1973|url=http://www.grg.org/Adams/m.HTM|work=grg.org |accessdate=2015-10-07}}</ref>

== References ==

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== External links ==

*{{Wayback |date=20050519141850 |url=http://www.lsg-lippe.de/htm/ve_gesch.htm |title=Gliders club Blomberg }}

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|before=[[John Mosely Turner]]

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|years=August? 1970 – 5 May 1973

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| NAME = Wedeking, Friedrich

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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = German supercentenarian

| DATE OF BIRTH = October 10, 1862

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| DATE OF DEATH = May 5, 1973

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