Robert Wadlow was a pituitary giant, born in Alton, IL in 1918. At the time of his death in 1940, he was 8 feet, 11.1 inches tall, making him the world's tallest person in history. Robert led a relatively normal life and planned to become an attorney, but found college life difficult due to his size. He quit after a year and joined the Ringling Brothers Circus at the age of 19. At age 20 he began a goodwill ambassador for the International Shoe Company. He died in 1940, due to an infected blister.
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