*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Robert Wadlow was buried on July 19, 1940, in a 10-foot- long steel casket that required 18 pallbearers. Photo courtesy of Steve ...
ALTON — A short story on the the front page of the July 6, 1940 Alton Evening Telegraph bared the first semblance of the sorrow to come for Alton’s 8-foot-11-inch, 439-pound boy wonder. “Robert Wadlow ...
File photo Robert Wadlow was 22 years old when he died in 1940, standing at a height of 8 feet, 11.1 inches tall, the tallest a person has ever grown (with proof), according to Guinness World Records.
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