BBC:

 

Manuel Uribe in bed

A man who once held the record for being the world's heaviest person has died in Mexico at the age of 48.

Manuel Uribe's death was confirmed by a health department official from Nuevo Leon, the state where he lived.

According to the official, who could not be named, Mr Uribe was taken to hospital on Friday 2 May with an abnormal heartbeat.

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