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Biggest Man In Medical History Dies
Robert Earl Hughes, 32, weighed 1,041 pounds and died in his Bremen Indiana trailer after measles, heart illness, and uremia. He was treated by doctors and family, with embalming in the trailer. His brother Guy spoke of plans for a special casket and burial near Mount Sterling Illinois, noting Hughes’ size and late-life confinement to a bed-chair.
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Bremen
Ind
Robert Earl Hughes
Hugh
Hughes
Bremen Community Hospital
Otho Huff
Bremen Mortician
Guy Hughes
Robert Earl
Brown
Mount Sterling
Miles Darden
North Carolina
Darden
Guy
Binville
la Baptist Church
Emden
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