ALTON — A short story on the the front page of the July 6, 1940 Alton Evening Telegraph bared the first semblance of the sorrow to come for Alton’s 8-foot-11-inch, 439-pound boy wonder. “Robert Wadlow ...
Our video documentary on the life and death of Robert Wadlow, Alton’s gentle giant, attracted some wonderful comments on Facebook from our readers. Here are some of them, unedited by us. The video can ...
They called him the Gentle Giant. At 8 feet, 11.1 inches tall, Robert Wadlow was the tallest man to ever walk the Earth, at least in recorded history. Even if he was of normal stature, the people of ...
The world's tallest man was 3 feet tall as a toddler, could carry his father at age 9, and stretched to a fantastic height of 8 feet 11 inches. This is the incredible life of Robert Wadlow, whose ...
The police had their hands full getting the 8-foot-8.25-inch Robert Wadlow in and out of a Missouri courtroom where he was suing Dr. Charles Humberd for diagnosing him as a “freak.” Even though an ...
MANISTEE, Mich. — More than a century after his birth, and 81 years after his death, Robert Pershing Wadlow remains the tallest person in recorded history, standing at 8-feet 11.1-inches tall, ...
*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. 14 min to read They called him the Gentle Giant. At 8 feet, 11.1 inches tall, Robert Wadlow was the tallest man to ever walk the ...
The police had their hands full getting the 8-foot-8.25-inch Robert Wadlow in and out of a Missouri courtroom where he was suing Dr. Charles Humberd for diagnosing him as a “freak.” Even though an ...
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