That dream fizzled. But later on, he wore another crown: Tallest Man in America. “They told me I was blessed,” Bell said in 1994, interviewed by The News & Observer. “Basically, they told me I should ...

Bell was a deputy at the Norfolk Sheriff’s Office and stood 7 feet, 8 inches in height, the Guinness World Records’ tallest man in America at that time. (The Virginian-Pilot file photo ...

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, who was born in Portsmouth, Virginia, stood at an astounding seven-foot-eight-inches and was featured in the Guinness Book of World Records in 2007 as the tallest man in America. For comparison, ...

George Bell, a former Harlem Globetrotter, actor, and law enforcement officer who was the tallest man in America, has died at the age of 67 due to complications from a stroke.

That dream fizzled. But later on, he wore another crown: Tallest Man in America. “They told me I was blessed,” Bell said in 1994, interviewed by The News & Observer. “Basically, they told me ...

Bell, a native of Portsmouth, Virginia, was recognized by the Guinness World Records as America's tallest man in 2021 after earlier holding the distinction in 2007 before the title went to a man a ...

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 ...