{"id":5691,"date":"2009-08-14T11:33:56","date_gmt":"2009-08-14T11:33:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scotclans.com\/bletherskite\/?p=737"},"modified":"2009-08-14T11:33:56","modified_gmt":"2009-08-14T11:33:56","slug":"scotlands-oldest-man-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/project1-m9gb2xku8.live-website.com\/?p=5691","title":{"rendered":"Scotland&#8217;s Oldest Man Dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_39587\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39587\" style=\"width: 240px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/bob-taggart12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39587\" alt=\"Bob Taggart\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/bob-taggart12.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"209\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39587\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bob Taggart<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Scotland&#8217;s oldest man, Robert &#8216;Bob&#8217; Taggart, has passed away\u00a0on\u00a0the 13th of August\u00a0at the age of 109, less than three weeks after being crowned\u00a0Britain&#8217;s oldest man, after the death of First World War veteran Harry Patch.<\/p>\n<p>Taggart of Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, was\u00a0a keen bowler, and even continued to play the sport well into his 100s.<\/p>\n<p>He was married\u00a0to Dorcas for 65 years before her passing in 1998 at the age of 90. 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