Anthony Mancinelli started working as a barber in 1922 at the age of 11.

Back then, Babe Ruth was swatting homers for the Yankees, Jack Dempsey was the World Heavyweight Boxing Champion & Prohibition was just getting under way.
97 years later, Mancinelli still works full-time at a NY barber shop. The centenarian is in the Guinness Book of World Records as the oldest barber in the World.
Mancinelli ran his own business โ€” Anthonyโ€™s Barber Shop โ€” for 40 years inย Newburgh, N.Y., before switching to his current chair atย Fantastic Cuts.

Heโ€™s a WWII-era veteran, and was married for 69 years. He says the secret to longevity is simple: donโ€™t retire. โ€œThey all wonder when Iโ€™m going toย retire. I say, โ€˜When the good Lord calls me,โ€™ โ€ Mancinelli joked during a recentย Aol interview.