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 ...

ALTON — In Alton, one thing stands taller than Robert Wadlow’s size — his legacy. On Saturday, the Alton Museum of History and Art honored Wadlow’s life as the 75th anniversary of Wadlow’s death ...

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 ...

Many people wish they were a little bit taller, but we can be certain that Robert Wadlow from Alton, Illinois never had that ...

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. In honor of his birthday, this is the incredible life of ...

File photo Robert Wadlow was 22 years old when he died in 1940, standing at a height of 8 feet, 11.1 inches tall, the tallest a person has ever grown (with proof), according to Guinness World Records.

The tallest human in recorded history, Robert Wadlow, reached 2.72 meters (8 feet 11 inches) and became an international sensation. But if a person grew to 5 meters (16 feet 4 inches), nearly double ...

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