Manuel Uribe, the Mexican national who was once listed in the Guinness Book Of World Records as the then heaviest living man has passed away, reports ABC News. Uribe, 48, died at a hospital in his home town of Monterrey, the capital of the northeastern state of Nuevo León in Mexico. He was admitted to the hospital earlier this month after he was diagnosed with irregular heartbeat. He had to be taken to the hospital with the help of a crane since he is too heavy to be easily lifted by even a group of people. Uribe’s death was confirmed by an official of the health department of Nuevo Leon state.
Docto’s have not yet revealed the actual cause of Manuel Uribe’s death.
An individual suffering from a condition known as morbid obesity, Manuel Uribe at one point of time weighed an astonishing 564 kilograms (1234 lb). That was the time the Guinness Book record came about. He was then able to gradually lose weight and managed to bring the figure down to a still mind boggling 394 kilograms (868 lb). While his weight did come down, Manuel was still unable to walk and mostly remained confined to his bed with him requiring help from friends and family for even basic tasks.
Manuel received international attention back in 2006 – the year he was featured in the Guinness Book of World Records. He was listed as the world’s heaviest living individual. Uribe however was not the heaviest man ever. That title belonged to Jon Brower Minnoch of the United States who at his peak, weighed 635 kilograms! (1,400 lb). Uribe was also recently overtaken in wight by Saudi Arabian national Khalid bin Mohsen Shaari who is thought to weigh 610 kilograms (1,316 lb). This claim is however unverified. Another astonishing claim, still unverified though is that of another US citizen Carol Yager who, according to some people weighed over 700 kilograms at her peak. She died in 1994).
In the past, The Inquisitr has reported about a woman who weighed over 700 pounds and wanted to get past the “magical” 1,000 pound mark!
Anwway, have you by any chance heard about Manuel Uribe in the past?
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Manuel Uribe, Once The World’s Heaviest Man, Dies Aged 48
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