1936 - 1972
Eddie Carmel Israeli Entertainer
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Details
| First Name |
Eddie
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| Last Name |
Carmel
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| Birthday |
16th March, 1936
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| Birthplace |
Tel Aviv, Israel
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| Died |
14th August, 1972
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| Place of Death |
The Bronx, New York City, New York, United States
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| Height |
7' 6¾" (231 cm)
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| Build |
OTHER
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| Hair Color |
Brown - Dark
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| Zodiac Sign |
Pisces
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| Religion |
Jewish
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| Ethnicity |
White
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| Nationality |
Israeli
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| Occupation Text |
Mutual funds salesman, carnival sideshow act, film actor, rock and roll band singer, stand-up comedian
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| Occupation |
Entertainer
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| Year(s) Active |
1958–69
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Eddie Carmel, born Oded Ha-Carmeili (Hebrew: עודד הכרמלי) (March 16, 1936 – August 14, 1972) was an Mandatory Palestine-born entertainer with gigantism and subsequent acromegaly resulting from a pituitary adenoma. He was popularly known as "The Jewish Giant", "The Happy Giant," and "The World's Biggest Cowboy." Carmel was listed by the Guinness Book of World Records as 9 feet (274 cm) tall, and billed at the heights of 8 ft 9 in (268 cm) and 9 ft 0.625 inches (276 cm) tall, though he may have more realistically been around 7 ft 3 tall. He was variously a mutual funds salesman, carnival sideshow act, film actor, rock and roll band singer, and stand-up comedian. He was made famous by photographer Diane Arbus' picture Jewish Giant, taken at Home with His Parents in the Bronx, N.Y. in 1970, a print of which sold at auction for $421,000 in 2007 ($519,000 in current dollar terms). At the time of his death at age 36, he had shrunk several inches, due to kyphoscoliosis.
