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[1939 - Disease, Hypertrophy: Robert Wadlow, Tallest Man In World Turns 21]
00:22:03 Robert Wadlow sitting w/ small boy standing receives birthday card & presents on 21st birthday. Tilt up small boy, sisters & mother & father beside 8 ft, 9 in son standing w/ cane. MCU.
Giant; Size; Large; Pituitary Gland; Hormones;
NOTE: Wadlow (22Feb18 - 15Jul40 was tallest person in history reaching 8 ft 11.1 inches & weighing 439 lb at his death at age 22. He toured w/ Ringling Brothers in 1936.
