Thursday, 14 August 2008

World's Tallest Woman Dead


Sandra Elaine Allen was an American woman recognized as the tallest woman in the world during her lifetime according to Guinness World Records. She was 7' 7 inches (231 cm) in height.

Sandy Allen, who used her height to inspire schoolchildren to accept those who are different, died yesterday at a nursing home in her hometown of Shelbyville, Indiana. She was 53.

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