Eddie Carmel was a well-known sufferer of acromegaly, a disorder of the pituitary gland, caused in his case by a tumor of the gland, which, untreated, causes uncontrolled growth. Popularly known as "The Jewish Giant", Carmel was billed at the height of 8 ft 9 in (268 cm), though he may have more realistically been around 7 ft 6 ¾ in. At the time of his death at age 36, he had dropped down to 7 ft 0 in tall, due to kyphoscoliosis (curvature of the spine, … Wikipedia
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Eddie Carmel's abnormal growth started when he was a teenager. He suffered from acromegaly because of a pituitary gland tumor that was incurable at the time. As an adult, the only work he could find involved exploiting his freakishness. With his best frie www.imdb.com/name/nm0138350/