George Bell, a Hampton Roads native and former Harlem Globetrotter, once held the record as the tallest living man in the U.S ...
George Bell, a former Harlem Globetrotter, actor and law enforcement officer who held the record for the tallest man in ...
George Bell died in Durham at 67, having played comedy basketball for Harlem Wizards, tried out for the LA Clippers and acted ...
George Bell, a former Harlem Globetrotter, actor and law enforcement officer who held the record for the tallest man in America ... The tallest living American George Bell poses with an attendee ...
America’s tallest man — a 7-foot, 8-inch former Virginia law officer, actor and Harlem Globetrotter known as a “gentle giant” — has died at his family home North Carolina, officials said.
Bell, who was born in Portsmouth, Virginia in 1957, stood at an astounding seven-foot-eight-inches and was featured in the Guinness Book of World Records in 2007 as the tallest man in America.
That dream fizzled. But later on, he wore another crown: Tallest Man in America. “They told me I was blessed,” Bell said in 1994, interviewed by The News & Observer. “Basically, they told me ...