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November 22, 2008 12:19:32 PM CST



World's Most Obese Man to Wed

Posted Oct 2, 08 1:34 PM CDT in Arts & Living World 

(Newser) – Manuel Uribe, once the world's heaviest man, is being swept away to the chapel—quite literally. The 43-year-old will be towed through the streets to his Oct. 26 wedding in Monterrey, Mexico, on a customized bed, reports the AP.

Uribe, who set the world record in 2006 for weighing 1,230 pounds, has lost 550 with his fiancée’s help. Uribe says he will have a bite of wedding cake for photos, but no more because he's on a diet.

Source Associated Press

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Uribe can't walk and will need to be towed to his wedding on a customized bed.   (AP Photo)
Manuel Uribe will tie the knot with his longtime girlfriend later this month.   (AP Photo)
Uribe set a world record when he weighed 1,230 pounds in 2006.   (AP Photo)
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