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[ad_1] It is estimated that the man was about 60 years old. (Unsplash/Representative pic)An Amazon tribesman who lived in total isolation for around 26 years and who was dubbed as the "loneliest man in the world" has died in Brazil, officials say. According to The Guardian, the mysterious man was the last remaining member of an uncontacted indigenous group in Brazil. He was known as the "Man of the Hole" because he spent much of his existence hiding or sheltering in pits he dug in the ground. Brazil's Indigenous Affairs Agency (Funai), which monitored the man's wellbeing from a distance, informed that the man's body was found on August 23 in a hammock outside his straw hut. There were no signs of violence, the officials said. They also added that because he had placed brightly coloured f...