Being 7-foot-8 posed “a lot of challenges,” he once said. “Like how do I fit in cars, or where do I find clothes?” ...

Bell took pride in living a normal life, despite being an extraordinarily tall man in “a small man’s world.” ...

Here's what to know about Rioux's height and where he ranks among the tallest living people in the world. Rioux stands at ...

At 7-foot-8, George Bell held the record as the tallest living man in America at one point, and he also spent time as a Norfolk sheriff's deputy and a Harlem Globetrotter. Dawnié Bell always knew ...

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 ...

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.

George Bell, a Hampton Roads native and former Harlem Globetrotter, was 7-foot-8 and, at one point, held the record as the tallest living man ... as the tallest man in America.

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.