ROBERT PERSHING WADLOW
BORN:FEBRUARY 22,1918-ALTON ILLINOISDIED:JULY 15,19409aged 22)-MANISTEE,MICHIGAN
OTHER NAMES:ALTON GIANT
HEIGHT:8 ft 11.1 in (2.72 m)
WEIGHT:490 lb(220 kg)
KNOWN FOR:TALLEST VERIFIED HUMAN BEING
PARENTS:HAROLD FRANKLIN WADLOW & ADDIE JOHNSON
In 1985,a life size bronze statue of Wadlow by Ned Giberson was erected at the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Dental Medicine.He is also featured in film and with a wax replica in the Ripley's Believe It or Not! museum in Saint Augustine,Florida,Atlantic City,New Jersey,Niagara Falls,Canada,Gold Coast,Queensland and Guadalajara,Mexico.A life-sized statue was part of the exhibits at the "guinness Hall of World Records in the Empire State Building in New York City.The1998 song "The Giant of Illinois" by the Handsome Family honors Wadlow with a hountingly ambiguous lament and he is still known affectionately as the "Gentle Giant"
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