People Magazine South Africa

BEATING THE BULGE

AT his heaviest Jon Minnoch weighed 635 kilograms, making him the heaviest man who ever lived. Throughout his life, Jon’s weight fluctuated. When he suffered a cardiac attack in his home, it took more than a dozen firemen to carry him on a specially modified stretcher to the hospital. It wasn’t long after that Jon’s body lost the fight to live. Many celebs have also waged war against weight. Oprah Winfrey, Val Kilmer, Kirstie Alley, , , , , , and all admit to having engaged in the battle of the bulge.

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