 Robert Wadlow, he died at the age of 32, I should say. At his death, he stood 8 feet 11 inches tall. 8 feet 11 inches tall, weighed nearly 500 pounds. When he was in kindergarten, Robert was 5 foot 6. By the time he was 18, he was 8 foot 4 and wore a size 37 shoe. Hard to believe, huh?