Whopping Walter Hudson

Walter Hudson was once listed in The Guinness Book of World Records as the heaviest man on earth. But he died at Hempstead, New York, at the .30 of 46. He was 183 cm tall and 274 cm around the waist. Hudson gained worldwide notoriety as ‘Whopping Walter ' four year ago—he had 540 kg weight then—when he got stuck in his bedroom door. Being wedged there for about four hours. he had to be extricated by eight firemen. 

Walter Hudson was born in 1945 at Brooklyn, USA. He began gorging at the age of six. When he was 15 he became so obese that his legs collapsed underneath him. He had to remain confined to bed except for the time when his family moved to Hempstead in 1970. He was taken in a car then with his 266 kg wrought and his weight broke the seat. 

Hudson would start his day with a breakfast of two pounds of bacon, 32 sausages. a dozen eggs, a loaf (of bread,) jam and coffee. For lunch he would take four big-sized rice bowls, four double cheese burgers, eight boxes of fried potatoes, six pies and six large bottles of coca-cola. In dinner, he would take six roasted coma, half-a-dozen jams, six or seven baked potatoes and a whole of apple pie. In between he would eat a chicken or two, followed by noodles, string beans, six large bottles of soda, bxg sized sandwiches and much ice-cream. Most of the times. he would also watch television, listen to tapes and read the Bible. 

Hudson grew so heavy that he was advised against sitting up for more than five minutes. He would take one hour to cover six yards to the bathroom. In 1987 he got wedged in the door-way. However, Dick Gregory, the author of the Slim Safe Diet scheme came to his help. Gregory put Hudson on a 1,200 calorie-a day diet of raw fruit and orange juice. Within three months Hudson had shed 178 kg. He hoped to fulfil his various ambitions like visiting his mother’s grave, riding on the New York subway etc. But it was never to be. 

Hudson died of a heart attack. He weighed 508 kg then at 46. His dead body had to be removed through a hole made in the wall of his bedroom. He was unmarried.