The World’s Fattest Man Got Married

Manuel Uribe, who hasn’t left his bed in six years, married his longtime girlfriend Claudia Solis on Sunday in northern Mexico.

Wearing a white silk shirt with a sheet wrapped around his legs, Mr Uribe smiled as Miss Solis, 38, walked down a flight of stairs wearing a strapless ivory dress, a tiara and hot-pink lipstick.

He later broke into tears as a notary declared the couple husband and wife in a civil ceremony attended by more than 400 guests. For the traditional first dance as newlyweds, the couple held hands and swayed to a romantic ballad.

In 2006, Mr Uribe weighed 87st 12lbs (560kg), earning him the Guinness World Record as the world’s heaviest man.
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This post was written by bullets on October 28, 2008

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11-Month-Old Baby Weighs 62lbs

Doctors in Colombia are trying to determine how an 11-month-old baby is already the weight of an average eight-year-old.

He has had several medical examinations carried out which suggest he may have a problem with his endocrine system. A cardiogram test has shown that he has the bones of an eight-year-old boy.

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This post was written by bullets on August 31, 2008

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