Manuel Uribe
Manuel Uribe Garza (born June 11, 1965 in Monterrey , Mexico ; † May 26, 2014 there ) was one of the heaviest men in medical history .
After reaching a maximum weight of approximately 560 kg in 2001, he received an entry in the Guinness Book of Records . He was unable to get out of bed at this point. Uribe was able to reduce his body weight with the help of doctors and nutritionists ( Sears diet ) . He set himself the goal of losing weight to 120 kg.
Life
Uribe had been overweight since childhood: as a teenager he already weighed 115 kg, at the age of 22 years 130 kg. He worked as an office machine mechanic. In 1987 he married for the first time. Uribe lived as an illegal immigrant in the United States from 1987 to 2000 , first in Florida and later in Dallas, Texas. He made a living there repairing PCs and other office machines. It was during this period that he gained the most weight. In the summer of 2002 he was bedridden and was cared for by his mother who lived with him. The marriage ended in divorce two years later. In 2007 he weighed 561 kg. By April 2008, he had reduced his weight by 192 kg to around 369 kg. In October 2008 he married his long-time partner for the second time. The wedding was broadcast live on the US television station Discovery Channel . In February 2012, his weight was 196 kg. Manuel Uribe was admitted to a clinic in Monterrey at the beginning of May 2014 for arrhythmias. He died in the hospital weighing 394 kg after a stay of more than three weeks.
After he was bedridden, he only left his apartment twice: once for his wedding in 2008 and once when he was admitted to the hospital in 2014. Both times, the Mexican civil defense had to lift Uribe out of the house with a crane.
Uribe set up a foundation to warn of the consequences of obesity.
Web links
- Manuel Uribe in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official homepage (Spanish) ( Memento of January 4, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- Article on Stern.de from October 2, 2008
- Contribution from Sat.1
Individual evidence
- ↑ Muere Manuel Uribe, quien fuera el hombre más obeso del mundo (Spanish) . In: Excélsior , excelsior.com.mx, May 26, 2014.
- ↑ Spiegel.de, Formerly the thickest man in the world got married
- ↑ Bild.de, thickest man in the world
- ↑ Kreiszeitung.de : 560 kilos: Ex-heaviest-man-in-the-world dead , accessed on May 27, 2014
- ↑ Muere Manuel Uribe (Spanish) . In: MILENIO DIGITAL , milenio.com, May 26, 2014. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Uribe, Manuel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Uribe Garza, Manuel (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mexican man who is considered to be one of the heaviest men in medical history |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 11, 1965 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Monterrey , Mexico |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 26, 2014 |
| Place of death | Monterrey , Mexico |