Cuban man celebrates his 111th birthday with a cigar and a wad of cash



A Cuban man celebrated his 111th birthday on Thursday by counting his monetary gifts and smoking a cigar.

Ignacio Cubilla Banos enjoyed the festivities at his home in Havana surrounded by family.

He has 11 children, 40 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.

Ignacio Cubilla Banos celebrated his 111th birthday in Cuba on Thursday

Banos was a sugar factory worker in his younger days

Banos, a former sugar factory worker, took some celebratory puffs on a Cuban cigar and showed off a wad of cash a son who lives in Miami had sent as a present before digging into a huge cake.

Born in 1900, Banos only missed seeing twelve days of the 1900s.

Banos' age means he's already lived half a life longer than his average countryman.

Banos spoke with a son who lives in Miami as his daughters gathered around him

His son in Miami sent him money for his birthday gift

According to the World Health Organization, the life expectancy for a male born in Cuba today is 76.

But Mr Banos lags behind the world's oldest man, American Walter Breuning, by three-and-a-half years.



Breuning is 114.