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Saturday marks the 250th anniversary of the first day of the 3,059-day war that birthed the modern world. Commemorating the April 19, 1775, skirmishes at Lexington Green and Concord Bridge begins a ...
George Bell, the man christened the “tallest man in the nation” at 7 feet, 8 inches tall, has died. He was 67 years old. In 2007, Guinness World Records recognized the former sheriff’s deputy as the ...
George Bell, the tallest man in the United States at 7 feet, 8 inches, has died at 67 years old. The former sheriff's deputy ...
Being 7-foot-8 posed “a lot of challenges,” he once said. “Like how do I fit in cars, or where do I find clothes?” ...
Winston-Salem Police Officer Lonnie Oakley, who has been with the department for a dozen years, is expected to run a few races in NASCAR's Modified Division this summer.
At 7-foot-8, George Bell held the record as the tallest living man in America at one point, and he also spent time as a Norfolk sheriff's deputy and a Harlem Globetrotter. Dawnié Bell always knew ...
NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) – George Bell, a former Harlem Globetrotter, actor and law enforcement officer who held the record for the tallest man in America, has died at age 67. Called a “gentle ...
Joyce Bell, entered him into a nationwide search for the tallest people in the country, and Guinness World Records confirmed him that year as the tallest man in America. File photo of George Bell ...
DURHAM, N.C. — Sad news for community members and members of the Norfolk Sheriff's Office: America's tallest man and former Norfolk deputy, George Bell, has died. At a towering 7 feet ...
DURHAM, N.C. — Sad news for community members and members of the Norfolk Sheriff's Office: America's tallest man and former Norfolk deputy, George Bell, has died. At a towering 7 feet ...
George Bell, an "American Horror Story" actor, former Harlem Globetrotter and once the tallest man in America at 7-foot-8, has died, his former employer confirmed. He was 67. "We are saddened to ...