Robert Pershing Wadlow was born in Alton, Illinois, on February 22, 1918. He was taller than his father by age 8, and in elementary school a special desk was made for him. Wadlow became a celebrity after his 1936 U.S. tour with the Ringling Brothers Circus.
About Robert Wadlow in brief
Robert Pershing Wadlow was born in Alton, Illinois, on February 22, 1918. He was taller than his father by age 8, and in elementary school a special desk was made for him. By the time of his graduation from Alton High School in 1936, he was 8 ft 4 in. He enrolled in Shurtleff College with the intention of studying law.
Wadlow became a celebrity after his 1936 U.S. tour with the Ringling Brothers Circus. He died in his sleep on July 15, 1940, at age 22. His coffin measured 10 ft 9 in long by 2 ft 8 in wide by 2 ft 6 in deep, and weighed over 1,000 lb.
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