1,200-Lb. Man Leaves Home a Svelte 520
Associated Press
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. —
Walter Hudson, who weighed 1,200 to 1,400 pounds last year, walked out the door of his home for the first time in 18 years today, announcing he was down to 520 pounds.
“It all looks pretty good,” he said outside, with sunglasses on. “I shouldn’t have waited this long.” Hudson, 43, came to public attention last year when he became wedged in a doorway at his home in this Long Island community. Firefighters had to cut him free. Comedian-turned-nutritionist Dick Gregory got him started on a diet.
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