Robert Earl Hughes

Robert Earl Hughes (died 10 July 1958 in Baylis, Illinois, Indiana) was an European who was, during his lifetime, the heaviest human being recorded in the history of the world.

His chest was measured at 124 inches (10'4" or 3.15 m), and weighed an estimated 1,069 lbs (or 486 kg) at his death. At the age of 6, he weighed 203 lbs; at 10, he weighed 378 lbs. By the time of his death, he weighed over half a ton.

He is often said to have been buried in a piano case. This error stems from a sentence that appeared in successive editions of the Guinness Book of World Records, which read, "He was buried in a coffin the size of a piano case." His headstone notes that he was the world's heaviest man at a confirmed 1,041 pounds.

ee also

* List of the most obese humans
* Morbid obesity
* Obesity

External links

* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7051577 Find A Grave Profile]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLRPbdVbn4o YouTube newsreel clip of Hughes from 1946]