caption resting_place death_date death_place birth_place weight other_names name birth_date known_for spouse image article_title birth_name occupation death_cause
uribe at his 40th birthday on 11 june 2006 cremation 26 may 2014 monterrey , nuevo león , mexico monterrey , nuevo león , mexico 597 kg lb -lrb- peak -rrb- meme manuel uribe 11 june 1965 third heaviest person ever recorded unknown -rrb- first wife claudia solís -lrb- 2008 -- 2010 manuel uribe.jpg manuel uribe
 manuel uribe garza computer repairman liver failure
manuel uribe

manuel `` meme '' uribe garza -lrb- 11 june 1965 -- 26 may 2014 -rrb- was a mexican man who suffered from morbid obesity to one of the greatest extents known in recorded history .
after reaching a peak weight of around and having been unable to leave his bed since 2002 , he lost approximately -- nearly half of his body weight -- with the help of doctors and nutritionists by february 2008 .
however , he died in his hometown on 26 may 2014 weighing .
uribe drew worldwide attention in january 2006 , when he made an emotional plea on a mexican television network that prompted both private and public assistance .
he was also featured on `` the world 's heaviest man '' , a 2007 television documentary about his bedridden life and attempts to overcome his obesity , and in `` the world 's heaviest man gets married '' , a similar documentary that was broadcast in 2009 by the discovery channel .
