Sandy Allen, the World's tallest woman is no more. She died at the age of 53 on Wednesday, in an Indiana nursing home. Sandy Allen was 7-foot, 7-inch (2.32 metre) tall and was recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the "World's Tallest Woman".
Allen was born on June 18, 1955, in Chicago. A tumour on her pituitary gland caused the abnormal growth of her height. She had surgery on the gland at age 22. In her later years, Allen used a wheelchair because her legs and back could not support her tall stature in a standing position. Because of this physical limitation, she spent her last years in Shelbyville, Indiana, in a retirement center. The Indianapolis Star reported that Allen died early in the morning of August 13, 2008.
She appeared in the Academy Award-winning Italian film Il Casanova di Federico Fellini, in a TV movie called Side Show, and in a Canadian/American documentary film called Being Different. Split Enz, a music band from New Zealand, immortalized her with the song "Hello Sandy Allen".
Allen was born on June 18, 1955, in Chicago. A tumour on her pituitary gland caused the abnormal growth of her height. She had surgery on the gland at age 22. In her later years, Allen used a wheelchair because her legs and back could not support her tall stature in a standing position. Because of this physical limitation, she spent her last years in Shelbyville, Indiana, in a retirement center. The Indianapolis Star reported that Allen died early in the morning of August 13, 2008.
She appeared in the Academy Award-winning Italian film Il Casanova di Federico Fellini, in a TV movie called Side Show, and in a Canadian/American documentary film called Being Different. Split Enz, a music band from New Zealand, immortalized her with the song "Hello Sandy Allen".
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