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Did a man named William Chester live for 235 years with 'McNulty Syndrome,' which caused his body to age more slowly?

By Sarah Thompson
NO

A video circulating on social media purporting to be about a man who lived 235 years is made with digitally altered images and footage of actor Charlton Heston who died in 2008 at the age of 84.

The images of Heston were taken from various times through his career, but all of the images have had an age-enhancing effect added to make Heston appear to be older than he was at the time the picture was taken.

There is no credible publicly available record of a slow-aging condition called McNulty Syndrome, or a man named William Chester holding a longevity record.

The record for the oldest person is Jeanne Calment, who purportedly lived to 122 years and died in 1997. The world's oldest man was Jiroemon Kimura who lived to 116 years and died in 2013.

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Guinness World Records Oldest person ever
Guinness World Records Oldest person ever (male)
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