Ontario man world's oldest kidney transplant recipient

Walter Tauro says he didn’t even know what Guinness World Records were before he was recognized by the popular British corporation as the world’s oldest kidney transplant recipient earlier this month.

- FAKIHA BAIG

Walter Tauro, 88, of Markham, underwent a kidney transplant last year.

“I never heard of it,” the 88-yearold said with a laugh during a Sunday phone interview from his home in Markham.

But once he learned more about the organization that tracks human achievements and the extremes of the natural world, the retired realtor said he feels happy he was recognized.

“I am feeling good and I’m back to normal,” he said.

Tauro said he moved to Ontario from India in 1965 and ran a successful real estate company for many years with his wife and two kids before his retirement.