Disposition of gravity
NZPA-AFP Duisburg, West Germany A West German man, aged 33, weighing more than 400 kg, has died in Duisburg, police said. The man, identified only as Harry W., was said to have died of "natural causes,” which his doctor attributed to his excessive weight. Nine people were needed to lift the body, which was taken away in a canvas tarpaulin used by the fire department to catch people who jump from burning buildings. The body was taken to the cemetery by truck because a hearse was too small. But the cemetery did not have a big enough refrigerated chamber to store the body until burial and so it had to be transferred to another cemetery with better facilities.
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Press, 16 June 1988, Page 24
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