Christopher Greener

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Christopher Paul Greener (21 November 1943 – 11 February 2015) was a British actor and basketball player who went on to represent the United Kingdom. Greener was born in New Brighton, Wallasey, Cheshire. He was, at one point, the tallest man in the United Kingdom and, at the time of his death, was the 4th tallest British-born man (after William Bradley, Neil Fingleton and Paul Sturgess) at 7 ft 6+1⁄4 in (2.29 m) in height. His weight ranged from 20 to 30 stone (130 to 190 kg) during adulthood. From a very young age, Greener had a tumour at the base of his pituitary gland, which controls the release of human growth hormone. As a result of the tumour, Greener's pituitary gland released more growth hormone than in an average person, and he would have continued to grow had the tumour not been treated with radiation therapy when he was in his late 20s. He was 19 inches (48 cm) in length when he was born, with an average weight, and he followed the development standards of his age during his...

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