US veteran who credited whisky, cigars for long life dies aged 112

The US' oldest known WWII military veteran, who credited whisky and cigars for his long life, has died in Texas at the age of 112. "I been smoking cigars from when I was 18 years old, I'm still a smoking 'em. Twelve a day," Richard Overton once said. He was honoured on Veterans Day in 2013 by ex-President Barack Obama.