death_date death_place birth_place other_names nationality birth_date known_for image article_title name
2 july 1998 new york sehwan , sindh province , pakistan channa pakistani 1953 world tallest man , 7ft 7inch alam channa.jpg alam channa
 mohammad alam channa
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mohammad alam channa -lrb- 1953 , sehwan , sindh province , pakistan -- 2 july 1998 , new york -rrb- was the world 's tallest living man at 232.4 cm -lrb- 7 ft 7 inch -rrb- high .
during his life he had been billed at various heights of up to 7 ft 6 while working at a circus .
channa 's abnormal growth was noticed by his family when he was ten years old , and continued until he was 26 .
channa worked at the shrine of shahbaz qalander at sehwan .
in 1998 channa went to the united states -lrb- usa -rrb- for treatment for various ailments , including high blood pressure , diabetes and kidney malfunction .
channa died of kidney failure in a new york hospital was buried in his ancestral town of dadu , sindh , pakistan .
he was survived by his wife naseem , whom he married in 1989 , and with whom he had a son .
