Rosalie BradfordAmong all those big figures, the one that really struck me was the eight-foot width. She was as big across as a standard ceiling height.
Once Weighed Over 1,000 Pounds
Rosalie Bradford, 63, who held records for being the world's heaviest woman and for losing the most weight, died Nov. 30 at a hospital in Lakeland, Fla.
Publicist Stephen Nortier said the cause of death won't be known until a medical examiner's report, but Ms. Bradford had spent the past year bedridden with complications from having her lymph nodes severed years ago. She weighed about 400 pounds just before dying.
Ms. Bradford weighed 1,050 pounds in January 1987, according to the 1994 Guinness Book of Records. She lost 736 pounds, to weigh 314 pounds, in September 1992, according to the record book. At her largest, Bradford was 8 feet wide.
She credited Richard Simmons, the fitness guru, with helping her lose weight. The two began corresponding after a friend of hers wrote Simmons when she tried to commit suicide.
Ms. Bradford blamed her lifelong battle with obesity on abandonment, which bred a food addiction. Her Web site claims her peak weight was more than 1,200 pounds.
If, like me, you are riveted and want to learn more, check out her site.
2 comments:
OMG, I am dying over this, thank god you sent me that link! Will email you later but have two dumb meetings to attend tonite!
Thank God Rosalie's website is back up and you can learn more about her amazing "journey" Well worth your time. And guess what - Richard Simmons is called a "Health Specialist" what does that mean? Running around in tank tops and dolphin shorts does not an expert make!
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