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He’s having a senior moment — and then some!

Mbah Gotho of Indonesia says he’s turned another page on Father Time, celebrating his 146th birthday on New Year’s Eve.

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Gotho, who claims he was born in 1870, was all smiles as he blew out his candles surrounded by family and friends in his hometown village of Central Java, Indonesia, according to Barcoft Media.

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Party guests included Gotho’s grandson, his wife and their two children, Erika and Anisa Kurniwati, who sang to Gotho and served him a birthday cake with “146” numeral candles.

But Gotho has been prepping for his death since 1992, the Independent reported.

“What I want is to die,” he told a regional news network last year, the site reported.

Gotho’s identity card, which states his real name as Saparman Sodimejo, confirms his date of birth, but it’s unclear if the documents ever received independent verification. The oldest confirmed person ever was French centenarian Jeanne Calment, who was 122 when she met her maker.

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