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...Howard Taft who weighed 340 lb. while in the White House, later got down to 250. The Ringling Circus giantess Ima Whale weighs 630 lb. Heaviest monster in history was Daniel Lambert who weighed 739 lb., died in England in 1809. A monster less cheerful than Carnera is Mathias Sticz, 506 lb., who tried to kill himself at Budapest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Misfortunes of a Monster | 10/5/1931 | See Source »

Died. Butcher Matthias Sticz of Kecskemet, Hungary, 506 Ibs., "fattest man in Europe"; by suicide; in Kecskemet. He shot himself because he could no longer afford beef in the quantity (two roasts) which he required at breakfast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: May 6, 1929 | 5/6/1929 | See Source »

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