Jack Taylor (heavyweight man)

Jack Taylor (1945 or 1946 – 4 February 2006)^[1] was reputedly Britain's fattest man.

Taylor claimed to weigh 700 pounds (50 st) (or 317 kg) being 48st when he worked at Morley's using their weighbridge.^{[citation needed]} He wore specially made trousers measuring 80 inches (200 cm) at the waist. He became all but a recluse, spending his days simply eating and watching videos, venturing outside exclusively for hospital appointments. Taylor achieved notoriety in Germany for his eccentric appearance, notably a wig which he fashioned himself from electrical tape. If anyone asked him about his "hair", he would answer "It's Jack's creation, Jack likes it and it suits him!".^{[citation needed]}

His diet was said to consist of up to 15

tandooris each day.^[1]^[2] He achieved some notoriety as a result of his size, including appearing on the TV show The Fattest Men in Britain alongside Barry Austin

. In one TV show, Being The Fattest Man, he was weighed at 31 stones (or 196kg). However, Taylor believed he was much heavier, and this annoyed him greatly; he insisted the scales were faulty. He died on 4 February 2006 at the age of 60 from a heart attack.[1]^[3] Taylor was cremated at Rawdon crematorium in Leeds, which has special facilities to deal with larger coffins.^[1]

In 2009 a fictionalized account of his later years in life was made into TV movie called The Fattest Man in Britain.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Wainwright, Martin (7 February 2006). "Heavyweight celebrity makes his final journey". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
^ "Jack the gentle giant dies at 60". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. 6 February 2006. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
^ "final credits". last link on the left. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007.

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[guardian-1] Wainwright, Martin (7 February 2006). "Heavyweight celebrity makes his final journey". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 5 May 2010.

[2] "Jack the gentle giant dies at 60". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. 6 February 2006. Retrieved 18 December 2023.

[3] "final credits". last link on the left. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007.

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