After fasting for 67 days at Barry Island, South Wales, Billie Brown gave up recently. This was said to be due to the fact that Sacco, who had bepn fasting at Blackpool, - rotired on the previous day. When Brown was examined by doctors he was found to be very weak and his heart was beating feebly, although he was in good spirits. Brown lost 551bs. in weight during the fast. Sacco, who styled himself the world’s champion faster, ■ began, his fast at Blackpool ono day after Brown.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 7085, 6 December 1929, Page 9
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