The Death of the World's Largest Human

1912--

DEATH OF WORLD'S LARGEST HUMAN

"Baby" Bliss Is Found Dead in His Home -- Accidentally Asphyxiated.

BLOOMINGTON, Ill., Jan. 4 -- Leonard (Baby) Bliss, reputed the largest man in the world, was found dead in his home today. Neighbors found his frozen body seated in a chair with gas escaping from a gas stove. He had been dead several days.

It is believed he arose several nights ago to get warm and in some way accidentally opened the jet.

He was born here in 1865. His dimensions were:

Height, 6 feet, 4 inches; waist, 72 inches; hips, 88 inches; chest, 66 inches; thigh, 42 inches; calf, 27 Inches; collar, 21 inches; hat, 7 5-8; sox, 12½; shoes 13; weight, 540.

Bliss was well known in America and Europe, having toured both continents as a salesman for a bicycle factory.

He also was at various times with circuses. Last summer he spent several weeks on the road with a "fat man's baseball team."

--The Billings Gazette, Billings, Montana, January 5, 1912, page 5.