LARGEST MAN Robert Earl Hughes
Pike County IL |
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LARGEST MAN Robert Earl Hughes
Pike County IL |
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(Information from Wikipedia) - Robert Earl Hughes born 4 June 1926 in Baylis, Pike County IL. He died 10 July 1958 in . During his lifetime, the heaviest human being recorded in the history of the world.
His chest was measured at 3.15 metres (10.3 ft), and he weighed an estimated 486 kilograms (1,070 lb) at his heaviest. At the age of six, he weighed 92 kilograms (200 lb); at ten, he weighed 171 kilograms (380 lb). By the time of his death, he weighed over half a ton.
On July 10, 1958, Hughes contracted a case of measles, which soon developed into uremia, resulting in his death. He was 32 years old. He is often said to have been buried in a piano case. This error stems from a sentence that appeared in successive editions of the Guinness Book of World Records, which read, "He was buried in a coffin the size of a piano case." His headstone notes that he was the world's heaviest man at a confirmed 1,041 pounds (472 kg). Years back some say he was to be on the Ed Sullivan show..either on his way back or to NY he got sick and died around Indiana but most information indicates it was a medical problem that was the cause of his death. 
Buried in Benville Cemetery, Mt. Sterling, Brown Co IL. Photos
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