Jon Brower Minnoch
Jon Brower Minnoch (September 28, 1941 – September 10, 1983) was an American man who, at his peak weight, was the heaviest human ever recorded, weighing . Early life. At the age of 12, Minnoch weighed with an estimated height of , and by age 22 he weighed and was in height. Hospitalizations. Minnoch's weight continued to increase steadily until his hospitalization in March 1978 at age 36 due to heart and respiratory failure. That same year, he broke a record for the greatest difference in weight between a married couple when he married his 110-lb (50 kg ) wife Jeannette and later fathered two children. Minnoch was diagnosed with massive generalized edema, a condition in which the body accumulates excess extracellular fluid. Upon his hospital admission, it was estimated by endocrinologist Robert Schwartz that he must have weighed in excess of 1,400 lbs (635 kg) and much of his overall body mass was retained fluid. Transportation for Minnoch was extremely difficult. It took over a dozen firemen and rescue personnel and a specially modified stretcher to transport him to University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle. There, he was placed on two beds pushed together, and it took  13 people to simply roll him over for linen changes. Death. Minnoch was discharged from the hospital after 28 months on a strict diet of per day. He weighed , having lost approximately , the largest human weight loss ever documented. However, he was readmitted to the hospital just over a year later in October 1981, after his weight increased to . He died 23 months later on September 10, 1983, aged 41. At the time of his death, he weighed with a Body Mass Index of 105.3.