Before joining law enforcement, Bell pursued a career in basketball. He played as a backup centre for Biola University in California during the early 1980s and later joined the Harlem Wizards, a ...

He was a backup center for Biola University in California in the early 1980s, and went on to play for the Harlem Wizards, a professional basketball team similar to the Harlem Globetrotters.

George Bell in 2007 in Norfolk, Va., where he worked as a sheriff’s deputy. He had previously parlayed his stature into a roster spot with the Harlem Wizards, a touring entertainment basketball ...

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 ...

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.

Bell was a deputy with the Norfolk Sheriff's Office from 2000 to 2014. He stood at a towering 7 feet, 8 inches tall.

People George Bell, America's tallest man and Portsmouth native, passes away Bell was a deputy with the Norfolk Sheriff's Office from 2000 to 2014. He stood at a towering 7 feet, 8 inches tall.

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 ...

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, 8 inches ...