"A Conversation With Walter" (2011)
2014 ж. 30 Қаз.
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Great Falls resident Walter Breuning was the world's oldest man until his death on April 14, 2011 at the age of 114. When he sat down with William Marcus (Backroads of Montana) he talked about childhood, career, family and the changes he witnessed over his many years. "A Conversation with Walter" is all about listening.
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The first thing he talks about is ice cream... This is a man I respect.
A fascinating interview with a genetic lottery jackpot winner; lucky enough, even after 114 years, to not even be blind, wheelchair bound, deaf beyond the ability of hearing aids to compensate, to be immune to tobacco related cancers, and to apparently show no signs whatsoever of dementia.
Obviously he was aging much better than Joe Biden.
NotthatDigusted mI agree!!🤣🤣🤣
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@@ethanswimmer1287 Lifestyle and outlook only gets you so far. Certain groups such as Ashkenazi Jews, or individuals such as Walter, who smoked most of his life, routinely outlive average life expectancy without trying, whereas other health obsessed individuals die early despite great sacrifice.
@@alexistarr yup it's just the luck of the draw honestly. Although medicine is rasing the average life span so I reckon the current record of 122 will be broken soon enough.
Everyone has more than they have ever had before and they still aren't satisfied and they never will be. That's is so freaking true.
I wish people could see how to "be happy" now, instead of all that's going on in the world. It's so simple.
He retired in 1963. Incredible.
What a lazy lump lol!!!!
112 YEAR OLD: I had Eggs, Toast, Ham, Hash Browns ...it's a good breakfast.
I'm 50 and which my IBS let me have a breakfast like that
@@peaceandlove544 only thing I can see in there that would bother ibs is toast and hashbrowns, eggs and ham dont bother mine
'Welcome change and be kind to one another'. How lovely !
This man lived through the whole of the 19th century? Incredible!
20 th century , yes all 1897-2011 , and 21st
Walter enjoyed his life till his very last day. If I ever live to reach this age, I wish I could enjoy it as much as Walter did. He was over 110 years old in this interview, and you can tell by the way he speaks, that he such a sharp memory and enjoys talking to people.
He was 112 in the interview but he died 2 years later aged 114
"did you smoke 'em?" "you're darn right!"
“We are not born for ourselves, we are here to help other people”❤️❤️
There should be a day where all the media gives the elders a day to speak. Thanks for this piece.
Yes!
That's the trouble with a lot of people. They forgot who they are. You've got to be sure that you like yourself. Everybody should like each other, you know. Like yourself. That's life, I think. All the way through. All in all, this is a beautiful world and good for the people that's in it. You know, life is a school. Everybody learns from life, what's going on. And if they pay attention to everything that people do, especially helping people. That's one big thing. A lot of people think they're born for themselves. I don't think that. I believe that we're here to help other people all the way through. And I've always tried to do that. - Walter Breuning
Wow.. Pure wisdom..
@@mike.p.1400 People back then weren't working for starvation wages and had more worker's rights and a much larger share of the economy than people do today. That's why they didn't need welfare. Walter's message is that we're all here to help each other and that the best kind of help is the selfless kind. A lot of people don't see that and only live for themselves. People will rather watch others be stuck in a life of poverty than to sacrifice some of their resources. That's why his message rings out so powerfully and stands the test of time. How can people help themselves when society only seeks to take advantage of them while turning it's back on them?
PinayPanda wrong.
@@mike.p.1400 if I'm wrong, why did you delete your comment? I guess you don't believe in Walter's message.
God bless you Walter thank you for your wise words. Rest in peace.
Very wise man for his age, his functions and intelligence in this interview illustrate the importance of keeping mind, body and soul active, as they all work together. I'm sure that he passed away as a happy, fulfilled man into the eternity. Very inspiring to watch as a young person such as myself. Thanks for this video. I'm not sure I'd want to be a super-centenarian, but I will be trying my utmost to keep active well into my twilight years as Walter advised that's for sure.
I have a local newspaper from 1975 and it features the story of a man who turned 100 then. He lived in the nearby nursing home. Walter's generation was the greatest.
He lived through 3 centuries
"People sit in a rocking chair, that's the mistake they make. You got to keep moving." (Roughly paraphrased.) That's true. A lot of men retire at 65, and decide they want to put their feet up, and a year later they're dead of a heart attack. Statistically a man's chance of dying goes way up in the year after they retire.
That's one of the reasons why I walk all the time. I want to keep moving, keep working. It's extremely important for your health and longevity. I'm fascinated that life can be so generous.
RIP WALTER 🙏🏼
Dang, this guy was almost 100 years older than me. As a very young child, I got to meet my great great grandmother who was also born in 1896 shortly before she passed and she was nearly a centarian even back then.
Your 2x great grandmother was only 3 years younger than my 2x great grandmother. My 2x great grandmother died in 1969 and I was born 15 years later so we never met.
He can tell so much of the history thats been. He seemed to have been a smart and gentle man.
Walter had a full life, working that young as a boy was not unusual for those times. It was a fight for survival. And no people today have no idea how good they have it.
Look how simple, kind and humble he is!
I watching in 2019
His voice is like music to me.
I can't believe this doesn't have more views!
What an amazing man.
He had such a great memory.
This deserves far more views!
The comments about his fathers actions towards him made me want to cry . ..parents love your children , respect them and teach them by love and persuasion , not force or demand . Please .
What a fantastic person!
Omg this man was so cute and with it for his age, like wow what a long life and so great he lasted that long still having his wits and abilities about him, he’s very lucky in that regard
I am very interesting to hear old men talk of their time
10 years on and Walter will be sadly missed
You basically need a real life time machine to talk to him now because he has been dead for 10+ years. 🤨🤨🤨🤔🤔🤔
What an extraordinary man. These people who live these incredibly long lives are living history. We should respect them like Churches and listen to them like Oracles.
Master of accepting and dealing with uncertainty
It's incredible hearing stories from those times, from people who actually lived it. Thank you for this. :)
I’m watching this for around the third time. It’s now the 21st of January, 2020. Time and tide wait for no man.
Watching this, it’s actually 21st June 2021 so exactly 1 year, 6 months
@@swiftlemur7853 I am full of admiration for this Man. Watching this video all and all again..from Russia, Vladivostok, January 20, 2023.
How cute he’s so humble and kind be kind to one another so true very true that’s the secret of living in this world if we all like Walter there wouldn’t be starvation and crimes homeless people in this world...he worked at a young age to keep his mom from starving isn’t that brave and selfless
These testimonies are amazing a blessing to have a perspective that's lost on us today.
18:18 - “...changes, changes - all for the best!...”. You go, Walter! A man of great wisdom. Requiescat In Pace.
I like this old guy. He reminds me of me and many of the guys in my life.
Interesting but at the same time scary to observe the similarities between the 1929 crisis and Coronavirus crisis.
Excellent Life University with Honors My Recognition Award for Walter
A true gentleman.
Peace and Love!
Very profound interview, most meaningful 👏 Mary Canada 🍁
Enjoyed listening to his stories, very interesting, may he now rest in peace x
What a remarkable story of a life well lived. I wish every high school and college student today would be given the opportunity to hear this, or have it part of every curriculum. There is so much wisdom in what he shared in this conversation. I have no doubt he is resting in peace. An honorable man.
Bless your soul, dear Walter🙏 I agree with so much of what this man said.
God bless him. Very bright for very old man. Send my respect.
I think Walter was interesting and very intelligent. Amazing that someone should live to be a 114. He certainly was in possession of a wealth of knowledge. I liked the comment about his mother baking bread twice a week. You surely cannot get fresh bread in too many places nowadays! RIP Walter.🙏
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"Let peace begin with me". A song I remember from grade school. My comments, my thoughts and my actions are radiating out to the world, felt by the world. "Peace to All". Thank you for being alive in your own special way. Practice Self-Compassion and your Day will automatically be better;)
12:28 Cigars did get expensive in the mid to late 90s. Prior to that they were cheap but the Hollywood crowd boosted the cost when they made cigars popular.
at 25:00 this part, what he says is one of the best of the interview I think: Like yourself, like eachother. Self-doubt and self-hate will consume you well before you have a chance to even reach old age, let alone 114 years. I suspect Mr. Bruening had a fairly rough upbringing, namely his father abandoni9ng the family when he was in his early teens. As he says, those days, the early 1900s, were by no means easy nor rosy as we tend to sometimes look back on...even some of my grandparents said that about those times, and they were by no means poor. For the disadvantaged, it could be downright cruel...I think he saw some pretty hard times growing up, emotionally and financially.
What a lucky man
Hope I make it that long and am still in as good of shape as he was
17:37 "Well, there's nothing I do, that makes, that fellow upstairs is the one that's running the traffic"
R.I.P. Walter :( Since your death, no American man has lived to age 113 or 114... :(
Pretty rare for people to live that long, even more rare for men. If I lived to 114 this century would almost be over
@@KentPetersonmoneyit's of no use as long as you live you should be physically fit.
What a fabulous man and a great interview ! Who was the interviewer? Thanks!!!🥰
In 1907 Horace Dodge built a house in Grosse Pointe Michigan that cost $4 million dollars to build, not adjusted for inflation and at that time Walter felt lucky and was content to earn $2.50 per week.
That's gross..
Thank you, psychicpebbles.
He was at the turn of 2 new centuries one new millenium (from 19 to 20th, 20th to 21st), Victorian times, appearence of electricity, locomotives from steam engines, WWI, WWII, the great deppression, first man in the moon, appearance of radio, tv, phones, cars, computers, plains, etc, God.
He imparted some real knowledge there near the end of the interview.
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Did he go to any war? Did he remarry or had children? Does he have family now or friends he socializes with in or outside the home? What was his weekdays like? And weekends?
Walter signed up for wwi but never got called, by the time wwii came around, he was too old to serve. He did remarry, but he never spoke of her after her death, had no pictures with her either, it only came out when a marriage certificate was found after his death. He didnt have any kids, and his siblings died over half a century before he did. He had friends outside the home tho, he loved to go up the street to an ice cream shop where he knew all the employees, and he was friends with a local weatherman who helped him shop and stuff. He quit smoking cigars when he moved into the home, and lost some of his last friends through that since he couldnt go to the weekly cigar and coffee meetings at a gentlemans club downtown anymore.
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Even though he said he was only married once, for 30 years, after his death they discovered records that he had been married for 15 years a second time. Maybe he didn't want to talk about it, or maybe he lived so long that despite his excellent memory he forget about his second marriage! 15 years in a 114-year life isn't that long XD
Haha after that long 15 years seems to be a small blip of his history.
Wow, I'm surprised no one mentioned this: he still has a decent amount of hair. No male baldness in his genes, clearly. Where you start going bald in your thirties. And he just ate a normal diet...
+uruk boff irk it's like 50%
30s? Dude people I know start going bald after highschool!!
I knew a guy in high school that had male pattern baldness via the likes of Costanza at age 17.
Walter ate normal food, but only two meals a day and not the usual three. He ate breakfast and lunch then passed on dinner.
Yap, starting losing my hair at 17
He gave up smoking at 102
He seemed so spry.
He was old enough to be Harold Camping father.
Smoking for so many decades and eating what he pleased he was blessed with the genetic lottery. If he had followed the same diet and lifestyle of other centenarians I wonder if he could’ve maybe it Into the 120’s
Mĵhi
Thads a president!
@16:40
His grandfather ought to have fought in the civil war, right ?
Edrei Argueta That what he said during another interview.
2.50 a week jesus. thats 120 a year
Did Walter had children?
Yes, he was my great-great grandfather
@@DKomnicide He was unbelieveably handsome past one hundred! Any photos from his wedding, maybe?
Level Earth Reality That is wonderful! You may be blessed with the longevity gene!
he didn't have any children
@@DKomnicide No, he isn’t. He didn’t have children. Thanks for playing!
The biggest surprise was that he was not Japanese living in Japan those centenarians seem to like an average of about 115 yrs or more which is just incredible.
I wouldn't want to live to 114. Prefer 115.
Never he had childrens
I hope in Ukraine to be men's lake Valter
It's really great but I can't help but notice that his ear wax has built up so much that it's coming out his ears and soldified into some hard plastic looking material.
it's a hearing aid
Are you an idiot?
I thought this video was very sad. This is not a model for the USA to follow.
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