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Manuel Uribe, once world’s heaviest man, dies at 48

Mexican had slimmed down to 867 pounds after his peak weight of 1,230 pounds was certified by Guinness as a world record.

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Manuel Uribe, once the world’s heaviest man, is driven atop a truck to his wedding in Monterrey, Mexico, in 2008. Uribe has died, age 48.

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By The Associated Press

MONTERREY, MEXICO—A Mexican man once listed as the world’s heaviest human has been cremated after dying Monday at the age of 48.

The body of Manuel Uribe was brought to the Serorrey funeral home aboard a flatbed truck, on the same special bed where he spent much of the past decade.

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