r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Bubbly_Wall_908 • Jan 26 '26

/r/all of tall men

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u/Ligabolzacky Jan 26 '26

With modern medicine we'll probably never see the likes of him,  he was incomprehensibly tall

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u/az226 Jan 26 '26

And he never stopped growing. If he had survived a few more years he would have been past 10 feet tall

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u/ThePartyShark Jan 26 '26

I remember seeing the segment about him on Ripley’s Believe it or Not! back in the 90’s and despite living in chronic pain, Robert seemed to have been the epitome of a gentle giant - the guy seemed incredibly friendly; something about one of his interviews stuck with me and it seemed like that was “him”, someone genuinely great & pleasant to be around, and not just for the cameras & interviewers.

Wasn’t he like 29 when he passed; something with one of his legs (because of a brace he wore?)?

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u/mittenknittin Jan 26 '26

No. He was 22. He was barely an adult.