History of heaviest humans as world's biggest man loses half his body
Robert Earl Hughes Weighing in at 946 lb (429 kg; 67 st 8 lb), Robert Earl Hughes (US, 1926-58) of Fish Hook, Illinois, was the first living man to be listed in the original Guinness Book of Records for his weight. In our first edition in 1955, we noted that: "He was an 11 lb baby and weighed 27 stone at the age of 10."
18 yearold Robert Hughes is the heaviest draft registrant in the
Robert Earl likely was the heaviest man on earth, and he was approaching the known record-holder, Mills Darden, a 7-foot-tall American who died in 1857; Darden's heaviest weight had been 1,020.
Worlds Heaviest Man To walk unassisted at 1,041lbs robert earl hughes
Biography Bob Hughes was a member of the bronze medal winning team at the 1951 Pan American Games and of the silver medal winning team at the 1955 Pan American Games. Extremely tall for the era at almost 6-7 (199 cm), Hughes was a formidable 2-metre man.
Robert Earl Hughes Worlds Heaviest Man To Walk 1041lbs Rare Footage
In a four-part series, Phil Luciano of the Peoria Journal Star tells the remarkable story of Robert Earl Hughes, who parlayed his girth and personality into celebrity before his death in 1958.
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Robert Earl Hughes was an American man who was, during his lifetime, the heaviest human being recorded, weighing 1,071 lb . He remains the heaviest human in the world able to walk without the need of assistance.
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Robert Earl Hughes Birth 4 Jun 1926 Monticello, Lewis County, Missouri, USA Death 10 Jul 1958 (aged 32) Bremen, Marshall County, Indiana, USA Burial Benville Cemetery Benville, Brown County, Illinois, USA Show Map Memorial ID 7051577 · View Source Suggest Edits Memorial Photos Flowers Memorials Region North America USA Illinois Brown County
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Grave of Robert EArl HughesRobert Earl Hughes (June 4, 1926 - July 10, 1958) was an American man who was, during his lifetime, the heaviest human being recor.
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Robert Earl Hughes (June 4, 1926 - July 10, 1958) was an American man who was, during his lifetime, the heaviest human being recorded, weighing 1,071 lb (486 kg). [1] He remains the heaviest human in the world able to walk without the need of assistance. Early life and family
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FISHHOOK, Ill. (AP) -- Fishhook-area residents want Robert Earl Hughes remembered not for the size of his body, but the size of his heart. Remembering one of the world's biggest men Skip to main.
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In 1946, Robert Earl Hughes was the world's fattest man. Even to this day, he still holds the Guinness World Record for the largest chest measurements ever recorded (an astonishing 10 feet and.
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Robert Earl Hughes was born June 4, 1926, near Monticello in Lewis County, Mo., and weighed 11 1/4 pounds. The family moved to the Fishhook area when Hughes was 6 months old, and he kept.
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Heavy By the time he died at 32 in 1958, Robert Earl Hughes of tiny Fishhook, Illinois, weighed more than 1,000 pounds, earning a place in The Guinness Book of World Records as the largest man on.
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Robert Earl Hughes, the world's heaviest man at 1,041 pounds (472 kg
Willem Kline, an Illinois College student from the Chicago area, will play the character of Robert Earl Hughes. "Willem is a normal-sized young man and we'll show pictures of the original Robert Earl throughout the production," said Bradbury. Other actors include Sylvia Burke, Keith Bradbury, Rich McCoy, Melissa Mueller, Jim Yale and Brenda Yale.
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Robert Earl Hughes was an American man who was, during his lifetime, the heaviest human being recorded, weighing 1,071 lb. He remains the heaviest human in t.
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Robert Earl Hughes' weight was both a prison and a passkey. An infant case of whooping cough shook his pituitary gland, triggering his girth to explode. Robert Earl weighed more than 200 pounds at.