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Ron Grossman
Chicago Tribune
Even though an elevator was right outside the chamber serving as a courtroom, âpolice must plow a path through the crowd even that distance to let Robert stoop through the doors and into his ârideâ downstairs after each session of the trial,â the Alton (Illinois) Evening Telegraph reported on March 9, 1939.
Every step of the way, the press trailed the 21-year-old. The hubbub was nothing new for Wadlow. It was his celebrity that brought him and Humberd together in federal court.
By the time of his premature death in 1940, Wadlow had gown to 8 feet, 11.1 inches. He still holds the Guinness World Records title as the tallest human being who ever lived â for whom there is credible evidence.
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